Bar Kham Explained

Bar Kham
Native Name:បរខាំ
Native Name Lang:khm
Settlement Type:Commune
Pushpin Map:Cambodia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Cambodia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ratanakiri Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ou Ya Dav District
Parts Type:Villages
Parts Style:para
P1:6
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1,392
Population As Of:1998
Population Density Km2:auto
Geocode:160701
Timezone1:UTC+07

Bar Kham (Central Khmer: បរខាំ) is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District in northeast Cambodia. It contains six villages and has a population of 1,392. In the 2007 commune council elections, three of the commune's five seats went to the Cambodian People's Party, one went to the Sam Rainsy Party, and one went to Funcinpec.[1] The land alienation rate in Bar Kham was high as of January 2006.[2] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Village[3] [4] Population
(1998)
Sex ratio
(male/female)
(1998)
Number of
households
(1998)
Notes
Tung 174 0.83 21
Deh 96 1.29 16
Plor 295 0.93 28
Phnong 342 1.11 62
Kok Chray 223 0.99 45
Pril 262 1 53

Notes and References

  1. http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/2007/Official%20results/24provinces/16%20Ratanak%20Kiri.pdf "Official Results of the 2007 Commune Councils Election in Ratank Kiri"
  2. http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Land_Alienation_draft.pdf "Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia"
  3. http://www.stats.nis.gov.kh/CENSUSES/villagegaz/p16.pdf "Final Population Totals, Rotanak Kiri Province, 1998"
  4. http://www.cambodia.gov.kh/unisql1/egov/english/province/ratanakiri.html "Ratanak Kiri Province"