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Phnom Penh [a] is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. ... Krong Chaktomuk is an abbreviation of the full name, given to it by King Ponhea Yat: ...
Name Khmer UNGEGN Administrative Unit Geocode 1 Chamkar Mon: ចំការមន Section (ខណ្ឌ Khan) 1201 2 Doun Penh: ដូនពេញ Section (ខណ្ឌ Khan) 1202 3 Prampir Meakkakra: ៧មករា Section (ខណ្ឌ Khan) 1203 4 Tuol Kouk: ទួលគោក Section (ខណ្ឌ Khan) 1204 5 Dangkao: ដង្កោ
Name Province Population [3] Image Phnom Penh: Phnom Penh 2,281,951 Siem Reap: Siem Reap: 245,494 Battambang: Battambang: 119,251 Serei Saophoan: Banteay Meanchey
The districts in Phnom Penh are called khan (ខណ្ឌ) normally written as for addresses in English followed by the districts' names (Ex: Khan Chamkar Mon; lit. 'Chamkar Mon District'). The number of districts in each province varies, from two in the smallest provinces to 14 in Battambang, Prey Veng, and Siem Reap.
Cambodia has two major ports, Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, and five minor ones. Phnom Penh, at the junction of the Bassac, the Mekong, and the Tonle Sap Rivers, is the only river port capable of receiving 8,000-ton ships during the wet season and 5,000-ton ships during the dry season.
Its full name in Khmer is the Preah Barom Reacheaveang ... The Royal Palace of Phnom Penh covers an area of 174,870 square metres (1,882,300 sq ft) (402m x 435m ...
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The same name (i.e. Kamboj/Kambuja) is also found in Burmese and Thai chronicles referring to regions within those kingdoms. An origin-myth recorded in the Baksei Chamkrong inscription, dated AD 947, derives Kambuja from Svayambhuva Kamboj, a legendary Indian sage under whose gotra later, the merchant Kaundinya I reached the Indochinese peninsula and married a Nāga princess named Soma, thus ...