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Kampong Thom (Khmer: កំពង់ធំ, IPA: [kɑmpɔːŋ tʰom] "Grand Port") is a province (khaet) o Cambodie. It borders the provinces o Siem Reap tae the northwast, Preah Vihear tae the north, Stung Treng tae the north east, Kratie tae the east, Kampong Cham an Kampong Chhnang tae the sooth an the Tonle Sap tae the wast. Its caipital is Kampong Thom, a picturesque toun on the banks o the Stung Sen River.
Kampong Thom កំពង់ធំ | |
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Province | |
![]() Rice paddies in Baray. | |
![]() Map o Cambodie heichlichtin Kampong Thom | |
Coordinates: 12°42′N 104°53′E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Caipital | Kampong Thom |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Hun Neng (CPP) |
Area | |
• Total | 13814 km2 (5,334 sq mi) |
Population (2009)[1] | |
• Total | 708,398 |
• Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+07 |
Dialin code | +855 |
ISO 3166 code | KH-6 |
Destricts | 8 |
Kampong Thom is Cambodie's seicont lairgest province bi aurie. Thare are a nummer o significant Angkorian steids in the aurie includin Prasat Sambor Prei Kuk an Prasat Andet temples. Kampong Thom is ane o the provinces that border the Tonle Sap Lake an is in Tonlé Sap Biosphere Reserve.[2]
The province is subdividit intae 8 destricts.
Kampong Pous Thom (Port o the Great Snake) wis the oreeginal name o the present province cried Kampong Thom. Oreeginally lang time ago, at the dock o the Sen River next tae a lake, thare wis a big cave wi a pair o big snakes inside. The fowk livin aroond this aurie uisually saw thir big snakes ivery Buddhist holiday. Time efter that, the snakes disappeared, an the fowk o that aurie cried it Kampong Pous Thom. Then, anerlie short wirds, Kampong Thom came later. Durin the French colony in Cambodie, the French ruled an dividit Cambodie territory intae provinces, an named them accordin tae the spoken wirds o the fowk.
Kampong Thom wis a pouerful caipital in sooth-east Asie durin the Funan period. Kampong Thom haes Prasat Sambor Prei Kuk that wis famous durin the Chenla Era.
Twa o the three core uries in Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve are locatit in Kampong Thom.
Kampong Thom province is, rich in tourism potentials tae attract tourists wi its exotic lakes, rivers, forests, muntains an mair nor 200 auncient temples.
Hintle o Kampong Thom is locatit on the floodplain o the Tonle Sap lake. In 2003-04 it wis a significant producer o wild fish (18,800 tons) an the fowert lairgest producer o fish throu aquacultur in Cambodie (1,800 tons). Maist fish-raisin is bi hame production, wi a growin segment devotit tae rice field aquacultur.[4]
Kampong Thom is ane o the lairgest producers o cashew nuts in Cambodie an aw, wi 6,371 hectares unner production in 2003-04.[5]
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