| Angkor Borei | |
| Official Name: | Angkor Borei District |
| Native Name Lang: | km |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Cambodia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cambodia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Cambodia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Takéo |
| Population As Of: | 1998 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone1: | ICT |
| Utc Offset1: | +7 |
| Coordinates: | 10.995°N 104.9747°W |
| Iso Code: | KH-2101 |
Angkor Borei (Central Khmer: អង្គរបូរី) is a district located in Takéo Province, in southern Cambodia. According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 44,980.[2]
The district has 6 communes, 34 villages (as of 2019).[3]
| No. | Code | Commune | Khmer | Number of Villages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 210101 | Angkor Borei Commune | ឃុំអង្គរបូរី | 6 | |
| 2 | 210102 | Ba Srae Commune | ឃុំបាស្រែ | 8 | |
| 3 | 210103 | Kouk Thlok Commune | ឃុំគោកធ្លក | 4 | |
| 4 | 210104 | Ponley Commune | ឃុំពន្លៃ | 6 | |
| 5 | 210105 | Prek Phtoul Commune (Preaek Phtoul) | ឃុំព្រែកផ្ទោល | 4 | |
| 6 | 210106 | Prey Phkoam Commune | ឃុំព្រៃផ្គាំ | 6 | |
| Total | 34 | ||||
This ancient city was an important settlement of the Kingdom of Funan and may have been its capital. It may have been the Thinae, or Sinae Metropolis located by Claudius Ptolemy as the farthest known city to the east in his Geography.[4] The site was first excavated in 1996 and was again excavated in 1999 as part of the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project.[5] During the 1996 excavation, the University of Hawaii and the Royal University of Fine Arts initiated the excavation and focused on the sociopolitical complexity from 500 BC to 500 AD. This first excavation, however, was just preliminary research. The first objectives were:[6]
1) Documentation of the site's layout and the range of its archaeological features
2) Evaluation of the integrity of subsurface materials and description of the site's stratigraphy
3) Collection of samples for dating portions of the archaeological site
4) Reconstructing the hydrology and natural environment of the early historic period in this region
In this site various archaeological methods were used such as surface survey and mapping, test excavations, auger sampling and coring, and trenching with a backhoe.[7]
Unfortunately, the archeological project was disturbed by looting and illicit trafficking of Khmer antiquities, which continues as a serious problem into the 21st century.[8]
It is the birthplace of Norodom, King of Cambodia from 1860 to 1904.