Veal Veng (or Veal Veaeng ), Khmer : ស្រុកវាលវែង , is a district in Pursat Province , Cambodia . The district capital is Pramoey town located 109 km (68 mi) by road from National Highway Number 5 .
7-586: Veal Veang shares a border with Battambang Province to the north, Thailand to the west, Koh Kong Province to the south and the Pursat districts of Phnum Kravanh and Bakan to the east. The northern end of the Cardamom Mountains cover the eastern edge of Veal Veang to the Thai border. According to the 1998 Census, Veal Veang district is made up of 5 communes and 20 villages. However, the population of
14-587: Is Battambang . It is the fifth most populous province in Cambodia. In land area, Battambang is the fifth largest province of Cambodia. Battambang is one of the provinces included in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve . The province's fertile rice fields have led to a mostly agricultural economy giving rise to the moniker "the rice bowl of Cambodia". The province features a range of cultures as well as natural resources. Seventy five percent of
21-462: Is a province of Cambodia in the far northwest of the country. Bordering provinces are Banteay Meanchey to the north, Pursat to the east and south, Siem Reap to the northeast, and Pailin to the west. The northern and southern extremes of the province's western boundaries form part of the international border with Thailand . In addition, Tonlé Sap forms part of the northeastern boundary between Siem Reap and Pursat. Its capital and largest city
28-506: The area is jungles and mountains. The area has a tropical climate. Battambang literally means '[to] lose [a] stick' in Khmer , referring to the local legend of Preah Bat Dambang Kranhoung. No stone inscriptions from the pre-Angkorian and Angkorian eras have yet been discovered containing mention of any contemporary villages or districts called "Battambang", but according to the document Mohachun Khmer , Srok Battambang (Battambang District)
35-540: The district was not enumerated in the census due to security concerns. From 1979 until the end of the 1990s, Veal Veang was one of the last remaining strongholds of the Khmer Rouge . The legacy of the Cambodian civil war and over 30 years of Khmer Rouge occupation has left many parts of the district heavily contaminated with landmines. As mines are cleared and roads improved, logging both legal and illegal threatens
42-477: The remaining forested areas. Veal Veang is also home to around 300 families of the few remaining ethnic minority Pear people. 12°22′N 103°15′E / 12.367°N 103.250°E / 12.367; 103.250 This Cambodian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Battambang Province Battambang ( Khmer : បាត់ដំបង , Bătdâmbâng [ɓatɗɑmɓɑːŋ] , lit. ' The Lost Stick ' )
49-632: Was used during the Angkor and post-Angkor eras. In Thai , the province is called Phra Tabong . Battambang was annexed by both Siam and Cambodia from time to time because its location is in between both kingdoms. A majority of the local population is of Khonpor or Chong ethnicity, a part of the Austro-Asiatic family. In 1769, Battambang and Siem Reap were conquered by King Taksin of Siam. On March 23, 1907, Battambang, with Siem Reap and Koh Kong, were annexed to French Indochina. During World War II it
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