Kampong Trach District Explained

Kampong Trach
Settlement Type:District (srok)
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cambodia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kampot
Subdivision Type2:Communes
Subdivision Name2:16
Subdivision Type3:Villages
Subdivision Name3:69
Population As Of:1998
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:83,061
Timezone:+7
Coordinates:10.55°N 132°W
Blank Name:Geocode
Blank Info:0706
Website:https://kampot.city/district-kampong-trach

Kampong Trach District (Central Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់ត្រាច) is one of 8 districts in Kampot Province and it is located at the eastern part bordering Vietnam to the east, Banteay Meas District to the north, Kep Province to the west and the Gulf of Thailand to the south.

Anlong Pring Crane Reserve is a small protected area in Kampong Trach near the Vietnamese border on the edge of the Mekong Delta. Sarus cranes nest in the dry forest north of here in the wet season. During the dry season, a few hundred of these cranes take up residence at this reserve. The reserve is an IBA protection at 217 hectares, established on 6 January 2011. There is a similar sanctuary in the adjacent Takéo Province since 2007.[2]

A road border crossing into Vietnam is located in this district. The border crossing is called the Prek Chak International Border Checkpoint. The checkpoint on the Vietnamese side is called Ha Tien International Border Gate. The nearest Vietnamese town to the border crossing is Ha Tien.

References

10.55°N 132°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. 214–215.
  2. News: New sanctuary for threatened bird . Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Matthew Lundy . 3 February 2011 . The Phnom Penh Post. 6 November 2016.