Pou Rieng district

Pou Rieng (Khmer: ស្រុកពោធិ៍រៀង),^[2] formerly Kampong Leav (Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់លាវ), is a district located in Prey Veng province, in south-eastern Cambodia.

Pou Rieng ស្រុកពោធិ៍រៀង
District (srok)
Pou Rieng Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 11.5515°N 105.2615°E / 11.5515; 105.2615
Country	Cambodia
Province	Prey Veng
Communes	6
Villages	31
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	29,259
Time zone	+7
Geocode	1411

Administration

According to the 1998 census, the Kampong Leav District consisted of 8 communes^[3] with a total population of 55,054.^[4] In 2008–2009 three communes—Baray, Cheung Tuek and Kampong Leav—formed a new district, the Prey Veng Municipality;^[5] according to the 2008 census, the population of the resulting five-commune district was 29,259.^[1]

In 2011 the district was renamed Pou Rieng (or Pur Rieng) and two communes which previously belonged to the Pea Reang district—Kampong Ruessei and Preaek Ta Sar—were added to the district.^[2] In 2019 the Ta Kao Commune was incorporated to the Prey Veng Municipality.^[2]

The following table shows the communes in the district as of 2020.^[2]

Code	Communes	Khmer
141101	Pou Rieng	ឃុំពោធិ៍រៀង
141102	Preaek Anteah	ឃុំព្រែកអន្ទះ
141103	Preaek Chrey	ឃុំព្រែកជ្រៃ
141104	Prey Kanlaong	ឃុំព្រៃកន្លោង
141106	Kampong Ruessei	ឃុំកំពង់ឫស្សី
141107	Preaek Ta Sar	ឃុំព្រែកតាសរ