Damnak Chang'aeur district explained

Damnak Chang'aeur
Native Name:Central Khmer: ដំណាក់ចង្អើរ
Official Name:Damnak Chang'aeur District
Central Khmer: ស្រុកដំណាក់ចង្អើរ
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Cambodia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cambodia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kep
Population As Of:1998
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:18,341
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+07:00
Coordinates:10.5339°N 104.3486°W

Damnak Chang'aeur (Central Khmer: ដំណាក់ចង្អើរ, UNGEGN: Dâmnăk Châng'aeur in Central Khmer pronounced as /ɗɑmnak cɑŋʔaə/) is a district (srok) in Kep Province, Cambodia. It is the largest district in the province and a train track from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville runs through here. The district is subdivided into three communes (khum) and 11 villages (phum).[2]

History

In June 1994, Phnom Voar in Damnak Chang'aeur hit the international headlines as the site of the kidnapping of three westerners, Australian David Wilson, 29, Briton Mark Slater, 28, and Frenchman Jean-Michel Braquet, 27 from a train by Khmer Rouge forces led by Commander Chouk Rin.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. 1–4.
  2. http://statsnis.org/areaname/vill_pro23.htm National Institute of Statistics, Kep Province, Damnak Chang'aeur District
  3. Web site: Deaths of Khmer Rouge victims cry out for justice. February 3, 2007. The Australian. 2009-01-16.