Kampong Tralach district
District in Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kampong Tralach (Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់ត្រឡាច "Port of the Winter Melon") is a district (srok) in the south east of Kampong Chhnang province, in central Cambodia. The district capital is Kampong Tralach town located 37 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Kampong Chhnang by road. The district shares a border with Kandal province to the south and Kampong Cham province to the east. The Tonle Sap river runs through the district crossing roughly from north to south.[2]
Kampong Tralach
ស្រុកកំពង់ត្រឡាច | |
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Coordinates: 11°56′N 104°43′E | |
Country | Cambodia |
Province | Kampong Chhnang |
Communes | 10 |
Villages | 103 |
Population (1998)[1] | |
• Total | 74,541 |
Time zone | +7 |
Geocode | 0405 |
The district has significant road infrastructure and National Highway 5 which runs from Phnom Penh to Poipet crosses the district from north to south. Kampong Tralach district is one of the smaller districts in Kampong Chhnang province by land area but has one of the largest district populations in the province due to well irrigated land and good transport infrastructure. National Road 138 starts at Kampong Tralach and runs across the district to its terminus at Chleb in Tuek Phos district. Numerous smaller tertiary roads run either to the nearby national railway line or to the Tonle Sap.[3]
Kampong Tralech hosts the main center of the Kan Imam San religious community, a type of Islam practiced exclusively by some Chams in isolated communities in Cambodia.[4]