Cha Ung Explained

Cha Ung
Native Name:ចាអ៊ុង
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
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ou Chum District
Parts Type:Villages
Parts Style:para
P1:5
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1733
Population Density Km2:auto
Geocode:160601
Timezone1:UTC+07

Cha Ung (Central Khmer: ចាអ៊ុង) is a commune in Ou Chum District in north-east Cambodia. It contains Char Ung Ket, Char Ung Chan, Phlay Ampil, Thuoy Tum, Char Ung Kao villages and has a population of 1,733.[1] In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party.[2] The land alienation rate in Cha Ung was moderate as of January 2006.[3] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Villages

Village[4] Population
(1998)
Sex ratio
(male/female)
(1998)
Number of
households
(1998)
Notes
Char Ung Ket 177 42 0.90
Char Ung Chan 354 80 0.92
Phlay Ampil 556 131 0.99
Thuoy Tum 208 60 0.79
Cha Ung Kau 438 79 0.90

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final Population Totals, Rotanak Kiri Province, 1998 . Cambodia National Institute of Statistics . June 6, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081029061900/http://www.stats.nis.gov.kh/CENSUSES/villagegaz/p16.pdf . October 29, 2008 .
  2. Web site: Official Results of the 2007 Commune Councils Election in Ratank Kiri. National Election Committee, No 4.58/07 NEC.SG.PIB. April 18, 2007. June 6, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080602210959/http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/2007/Official%20results/24provinces/16%20Ratanak%20Kiri.pdf. June 2, 2008.
  3. Web site: Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia . NGO Forum on Cambodia . August 2006 . June 6, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080614044247/http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Land_Alienation_draft.pdf . June 14, 2008 .
  4. Web site: Ratanak Kiri Province . Cambodia National Institute of Statistics . June 6, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080602230356/http://www.cambodia.gov.kh/unisql1/egov/english/province/ratanakiri.html . June 2, 2008 .