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Capital: Prey Veng
Location: Southern
Area: 4,883 km2
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Population: 1,025,331
Density: 209.9 /km2
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| Ba Phnum , Kamchay Mear, Kampong Trabaek , Kanhchriech , Me Sang , Peam Chor , Peam Ro , Pea Reang , Preah Sdach , Prey Veaeng , Kampong Leav , Sithor Kandal |
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| General Information
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The name of Prey Veng Province means "Long Forests". This province a small but heavily populated agricultural province nestled on the east bank of the Mekong. The total land area is about 4,883 km² that equal to 2.70% of the total land area of Cambodia (181,035 km2), which consisting of 445.18 km2
or 9.12% are human settlements, 3,100 km2 63.49% are agriculture land areas, 194.61 km2
or 3.99% are forest areas, 1,082.86 km2 or 22.18% are public land, infrastructures and water bodies, and the remaining 60.35 km2 or 1.24 % are non used areas.
Rubber played a large part in the Prey Veng's prewar economy, but most of the plantations are no longer commercially viable. There is little of significance to be seen in the province today, but it may have played a significant role in Cambodian history, as one of the earliest pre-Angkorian kingdoms was located in the area around Ba Phnom. This province has experienced few visitors and the road network does not serve to encourage more. The provincial capital is hidden away on road No 11, a broken road that is regularly inundated in the wet season.
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