Kalai, Cambodia Explained

Kalai
Native Name:កាឡៃ
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 Chum District
Parts Type:Villages
Parts Style:para
P1:3
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:820
Population As Of:1998
Population Density Km2:auto
Geocode:160604
Timezone1:UTC+07

Kalai (Central Khmer: កាឡៃ) is a commune in Ou Chum District in north-east Cambodia. It contains three villages and had a population of 820 in 1998.[1] In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party.[2] The NGO Forum on Cambodia reported in 2006 that the land alienation rate in Kalai was moderate.[3] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Villages

Village[4] Population
(1998)
Number of
households
(1998)
Sex ratio
(male/female)
(1998)
Notes
Kalai Muoy (កាឡៃ ១, Kalai 1)217 42 0.99
Kalai Pir (កាឡៃ ២, Kalai 2)346 63 0.9
Kalai Bei (កាឡៃ ៣, Kalai 3)257 46 0.96

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 . (sic) 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 .