Khemarakphkhuminville [1] , Khemarakphkhuninville [2] (formerly Kakhkung [3] ) ( Khmer. ក្រុង កោះកុង ) is a city in southwestern Cambodia . The administrative center of Kahkong province.
| City | |
| Khemarakphuminville | |
|---|---|
| Khmer. ក្រុង កោះកុង | |
| A country |  Cambodia |
| Provinces | Kahkong |
| History and Geography | |
| Former names | Kahkong |
| Center height | 2 m |
| Population | |
| Population | 33 591 people ( 2013 ) |
Content
Geography
The absolute height is 2 meters above sea level [4] . Located on the shore of the Gulf of Thailand , 10 km from the border with Thailand , near the southwestern tip of the Kravan mountains.
Population
According to 2013 data, the population is 33 591 people [5] .
The dynamics of the population of the city by years:
| 2008 | 2013 |
|---|---|
| 36 053 | 33 591 |
Transport
Highway 48, 138 km long, connects Khemarakphkhuminville with the town of Sraeambel in the east of the province. From Sreyambel to Phnom Penh you can get along the national highway number 4, the length of this section is 133 km [6] . Transport links with the city have improved significantly recently after the construction of several bridges. Earlier, Kahkong was almost completely isolated, and transport communication was carried out mainly by water and air. After the construction of the Kahkong bridge in 2002, a message was established with a checkpoint on the Thai border. The length of this bridge is 1900 m, which makes it the longest bridge in Cambodia; the cost of the bridge is $ 7.2 million [7] . The length of the road to Bangkok is about 460 km.
Environment
Due to the remoteness of the city and its proximity to the Thai border, Khemarakphkhuminville became the center of active smuggling of wild animals. Wild meat can be bought at local markets and local restaurants, while bones, skins and other parts of animals are usually transported by merchants to Thailand. Some of these trophies can be acquired in the neighboring Thai province of Trat [8] . In addition, illegal logging is widespread in the area of the city.
Notes
- ↑ Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 132-133. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Topographic maps of the General Staff
- ↑ Khemarakhpkhuminville // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 156.
- ↑ Krong Kaoh Kong, Cambodia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment May 7, 2013. Archived on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Dong Tong (English) . World Gazetteer. Date of treatment May 7, 2013. Archived on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006, 3rd edition. - Total Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2006.
- ↑ Koh Kong Bridge Completed in Southwestern Cambodia . People's Daily (Thursday, April 04, 2002). Date of treatment January 12, 2009. Archived May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Conservation Status of the Cardamom Mountains in Southwestern Cambodia, Preliminary Studies, Frank Momberg and Hunter Weiler (eds.) Retrieved 4/1/2009 [1]