The Stung Treng Bridge is a bridge on the Mekong River near the town of Stung Treng that was opened in 2015. Construction of the bridge was funded by the Chinese government .
13-483: The Stung Treng Bridge links Stung Treng province's rural parts and its provincial town as well as its neighboring Preah Vihear Province and the border of Laos . On May 5, 2012, construction for the 6th Cambodia-China Friendship, the Stung Treng Bridge, began. Construction of this bridge was undertaken by Shanghai Construction Group and Guangzhou Wanan Construction Supervision, Co. Ltd. The bridge cost
26-543: A cheaper and faster alternative to travel across the Mekong River. This article about a bridge in Cambodia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stung Treng Province Stung Treng ( Khmer : ស្ទឹងត្រែង , UNGEGN : Stœ̆ng Trêng [stɨŋ traeŋ] ; Lao : ຊຽງແຕງ , Xiang Taeng , pronounced [sía̯ŋ tɛ̀ːŋ] ; lit. "River of Reeds") is a province of Cambodia in
39-689: A total of US$ 2,558,125, which is financed by the Chinese government, based on the CDC report. The concessional loan for the project is provided by Exim Bank of China . As of April 1, 2015, the construction for the Mekong-Stung Treng Bridge is completed, which is marked by an inauguration ceremony attended by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo. The bridge serves to enable more travel and trade as well as improve people's living conditions by providing
52-594: Is muggy and partly cloudy, and it is hot year-round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 20 °C (67 °F) to 38 °C (100 °F) and is rarely below 16 °C (61 °F) or above 40 °C (105 °F). On average, much rain (rainy season) falls in May, June, July, August, and September—the wettest season, with precipitation of 304.3 mm —and October. Stung Treng has dry periods in January, February and December—with January being
65-609: Is the capital of Stung Treng Province , Cambodia . It is the major city (and capital) of both the district and province. Stung Treng is located on the Sesan River near its confluence with the Mekong River . It's 376 km from Phnom Penh and it's 50 km south of the Laos border. The river port of the city park is fairly busy, handling trade between Cambodia and Laos and transporting people. The city also lies along
78-627: The French Protectorate of Cambodia in exchange for Champassak, leaving a small Laotian minority in Cambodia. Owing to its border location and the forested mountains in the northeast of the province, it was a hotbed of communist insurgent activity—and a target for U.S. bombs in the 1960s and 70s. The insurgency lasted from the Vietnamese infiltration in the 1950s until the late Khmer Rouge years. Stung Treng province, which covers an area of 11,092 square kilometers borders Laos to
91-630: The Khmer language, it was later called "Stung Treng (Khmer: ស្ទឹងត្រែង)" which means a river of reeds. Stung Treng was first a part of the Khmer Empire , then the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang , and later the Lao kingdom of Champasak . After the Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893 , Chiang Taeng (Stung Treng) was administered by French Lower Laos from 1893 to 1904. In 1904 French Laos traded the province to
104-520: The driest month. The warmest month is April with an average temperature of 35 °C (95 °F). The coldest month is January with an average temperature of 18 °C (64 °F). Stung Treng's economy is solely based on agriculture. Various plantations such as timber, rubber and cash nuts are built all over the province. 85% of the population lives in rural parts of the province and depend on agriculture for their source of income. Animal breeding, fishing and silk weaving are also important industries in
117-610: The north, Ratanakiri to the east, Preah Vihear to the west and Kratié and Kampong Thom to the south. Extensive forests, intersecting rivers and streams characterize it. Stung Treng includes also the western chunk of the massive Virachey National Park , accessible from Siem Pang . The province also features three big rivers—the Sekong River, the Sesan River and the Mekong—with its hundreds of small islands scattered on
130-416: The northeast. It borders the provinces of Ratanakiri to the east, Mondulkiri and Kratié to the south and Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear to the west. Its northern boundary is Cambodia's international border with Laos . The Mekong River bisects the province. The province is mostly covered by forest, but logging and fishing put high pressure on the forest and fishery reserves. Originally, Stung Treng
143-579: The province. The Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation found a mineralized belt of copper and zinc in the province in 2019, and plans to step up further exploration with a Japanese partner to extract the minerals. The exploration site is about 260 kilometres north of Phnom Penh. The province is divided into 5 districts, 1 municipality, 34 communes, and 128 villages. 2 districts Siem Bouk and Thala Barivat in west Mekong River Stung Treng Stung Treng City ( Khmer : ទីក្រុងស្ទឹងត្រែង ; , pronounced [stɨŋ traeŋ] , Lao: ຊຽງແຕງ)
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#1732772409420156-579: The river stretch in Stung Treng . Until February 2022, it was one of the few provinces where you could see the rare and endangered Irrawaddy dolphin in the wild near the Laos border, Borei O’Svay Sen Chey District and Anlong Cheuteal in Stung Treng. The population has likely vanished due to illegal fishing in the area. In Stung Treng, the wet season is oppressive and overcast, the dry season
169-435: Was named "Tonle Ropov (Khmer: ទន្លេរពៅ), which is now an area in Stung Treng called "Tonle Ropov Area" (Khmer: តំបន់ទន្លេរពៅ). The name “Satung Teng (Khmer: សាទឹងទែង)" was founded by a monk named "Seang Peng (Khmer: សៀង ប៉េង) from Vientiane. The words “Satung Teng" have changed to "Xiang Taeng (Khmer: សៀងទែង). In Lao, the word "Xiang" means "goddess" who has resigned, while the word “Taeng” means "built". Due to advancement in
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