Preah Vihear Province
Preah Vihear ព្រះវិហារ | |
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 Prasat Preah Vihear | |
 Map o Cambodie heichlichtin Preah Vihear | |
| Coordinates: 13°47′N 104°58′E / 13.783°N 104.967°E | |
| Kintra |  Cambodie |
| Caipital | Phnom Tbeng Meanchey |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Preap Tan (CPP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13788 km2 (5,324 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 170,852 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+07 |
| Dialin code | +855 |
| ISO 3166 code | KH-13 |
| Destricts | 7 |
Preah Vihear (Khmer: ព្រះវិហារ, IPA: [preə̯̆h ʋihiə] "Sacred Sanctuary") is a province (khaet) o Cambodie. It borders the provinces o Oddar Meanchey an Siem Reap tae the east, Kampong Thom tae the sooth an Stung Treng tae the wast. It's northren boondary forms pairt o Cambodie's internaitional border wi Thailand an Laos. The caipital is Phnom Tbeng Meanchey toun.
Description
[eedit | eedit soorce]The province is namit efter the temple o Prasat Preah Vihear. The Dângrêk Muntains an the Cambodie/Thailand border are locatit in the north o Preah Vihear Province.
Preah Vihear is ane o the nine provinces that is pairt o the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve.[2]
Several Wastren govrenments hae issued travel warnins tae their citizens advisin no tae travel tae this province due tae an ongoin border dispute atween Cambodie an Thailand. The Govrenment o Canadae haes advised "Armed forces from both countries are engaged in this ongoing dispute. There have been reports of exchanges of gunfire in the area. Tensions are extremely high and military hostilities could escalate without warning." [3]
Admeenistration
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The province is subdividit intae 7 destricts.
- 1301 - Chey Saen - ជ័យស៊ាន
- 1302 - Chhaeb - ឈ្នែប
- 1303 - Chaom Khsant - ជាំក្សាន្ត
- 1304 - Kulen - គូលេន
- 1305 - Rovieng - រវៀង
- 1306 - Sangkom Thmei - សង្គមថ្មី
- 1307 - Tbeng Meanchey - ត្បែងមានជ័យ
Steids
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Koh Ker complex: Koh Ker wis ance the caipital ceety o Khmer Empire
- Bakan or Preah Khan Kompong Svay complex: 105 kilometres soothwast o the provincial toun, biggit unner the reign o King Suryavarman I (1002–1050)
- Noreay Temples: five 7t century temples made o Sandstane, laterite an brick, 32 kilometres northeast o the toun. Biggit in the 7t century
- Phnom Pralean temple: a temple biggit tae wirship Brahmanism, on top o a 180 metres hill
- Neak Buos temple: 75 kilometres north o Tbaeng Meanchey
- Krapum Chhouk temple: biggit in the 10t century in laterite an stane, 45 kilometres sooth o Tbaeng Meanchey
- Kork Beng temple: a ruined laterite an sandstane temple biggit atween 936 an 951 bi a commander namit Kork on the order o King Jayavarman IV
- Wat Peung Preah Ko: a place o wirship in bonnie natural surroondins believit tae possess strang supernatural pouers.
- Preah Vihear Temple: biggit in the 12t century, locatit atween Thailand an Cambodie. It wis leetit as Warld Heritage Steid in 2008.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning. 3 September 2008.
- ↑ http://www.tsbr-ed.org
- ↑ http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/report-en.asp?country=46000
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Preah-Vihear.com Archived 2013-11-16 at the Wayback Machine - Preah Vihear Temple an the Thai's Misunnerstaundin o the Warld Court Judgment o 15 Juin 1962
Travel guide tae Preah Vihear Province frae Wikivoyage
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