Serei Saophoan (city)

For the municipality, see Serei Saophoan Municipality.

Serei Saophoan (Khmer: សិរីសោភ័ណ [serəj saopʰɔən]) is the capital and largest city of the Banteay Meanchey Province and the fourth most populous city in Cambodia. The city separates Cambodia's National Highway 5 and National Highway 6. Its administrative name is "Serei Sophon" as used by the government. The more commonly used name Sisophon is derived from the Thai pronunciation Si Sophon when it was under Thai rule. Another nickname "Svay" is used mainly by truck drivers, train drivers and workers transporting goods. The origin of the word "Svay" is unknown.

Serei Saophoan សិរីសោភ័ណ Sisophon
City
Roundabout in the centre of Serei Saophoan (September 2022)
Serei Saophoan Location of Serei Saophoan, Cambodia
Coordinates: 13°35′2″N 102°58′25″E
Country	Cambodia
Province	Banteay Meanchey
Municipality	Serei Saophoan
Government
• Mayor	Hil Raya
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	99,019
• Rank	4th
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)

Its population was 61,482 in the 1998 census, changing little to 61,631 in the 2008 census having been overtaken by Poipet in size.^[2]

About forty minutes from Sisophon there is a Khmer Angkor temple ruin called Banteay Chmar which was built during the reign of Jayavarman VII in the late 12th to early 13th century.

Notable people

• Ted Ngoy, the "Donut King"

See also

• Sisophon Province
• Banteay Chhmar