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The port employs currently more than 1000 persons. [7] In 2003, PAS acquired the remaining 70% of the Cambodia CWT Dry Port near Phnom Penh. In addition to the 30% share already held, this made the state-owned Sihanoukville Autonomous Port the sole proprietor of the dry port. The port became a listed company in June 2017 in the Cambodian Stock ...
The alternative name, Kompong Saom (also romanized as Kompong Som and Kampong Som), (Khmer: កំពង់សោម) means 'Port of the Moon' or 'Shiva's Port'. [9] Saom is derived from the Sanskrit word saumya, the original meaning of which was Soma, the 'juice or sacrifice of the moon-god', but evolved into Pali 'moon', 'moonlike' 'name of ...
Kampong Som has a deep water inshore and a chain of islands across the mouth which protect the bay from storms. Deforestation of Indochina mangroves has become issues. [1] Kompong Som is also the location of Dong Peng and Sihanoukville with its Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, the main and only deep-water maritime port of Cambodia. [2]
The former name Kampong Som (also romanized as Kompong Som) (Khmer: កំពង់សោម) means 'Port of the Moon' or 'Shiva's Port'. [19] Som is derived from the Sanskrit word saumya , the original ( Rig Vedic ) meaning of which was Somā , the 'juice or sacrifice of the moon-god', but evolved into Pali 'moon', 'moonlike' 'name of Shiva ...
Cần Vột , Vũng Thơm (Kampong Saom) and Svay Rieng (triangular wedge protruding into Vietnam known as the "Parrot's Beak") would later be ceded by French colonials to Cambodia. Cao Mien = Cambodia. Biển Đông = vi: East Sea. Nam Vang = Phnom Penh. Koh Kong was annexed by Siam until being returned to French Cambodia.
Sihanoukville Port Sihanoukville Neang Kok Koh Kong Koh Kong: Suoy Chheng Koh Kong S.N.C. Sihanoukville Steung Hav Sihanoukville N.L.C. Svay Rieng (Svay Rieng) Svay Rieng Poipet O’Neang Banteay Meanchey: Doung Chhiv Phnom Den Takeo: Phnom Penh SEZ Phnom Penh: Kampot SEZ Kampot: Sihanoukville SEZ 1 Sihanoukville Sihanoukville SEZ 2 Sihanoukville
The highest mountain of Cambodia, Phnom Aural, at 1,810 m (5,940 ft) is located in Aoral District in Kampong Speu Province. The Cardamom Mountains form - including the north-western part of Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, the 'Soi Dao Mountains' - the Cardamom Mountains Moist Forests Ecoregion , that is considered to be one of the most species ...
Snake Island, off the coast of Sihanoukville, as seen from Hawaii Beach, October 2014. The following is a list of Cambodia's islands, all situated in the Gulf of ...