Koh Pring | |
Native Name: | កោះព្រីង |
Native Name Lang: | km |
Map: | Cambodia |
Location: | Cambodia - South East Asia |
Coordinates: | 10.3667°N 159°W |
Area Km2: | 0.778 |
Length Km: | 1.76 |
Width Min Km: | 0.2 |
Width Max Km: | 0.7 |
Coastline Km: | 4.78 |
Country: | Cambodia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Province |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | District |
Ethnic Groups: | Khmer |
Koh Pring, (Central Khmer: កោះព្រីង, Jambul Island, Koh Prins(former French name) is a Cambodian island in the gulf of Thailand, 64 km off the coastal city of Sihanoukville. Official sources provide no data of civilian communities on the "Outer Islands". Administration falls to the Cambodian navy, as the island lies within the national marine border in which it represents an isolated outpost.[1]
Koh Pring is in fact the largest island of a tiny archipelago of 3 islands (Koh Pring, Koh Doung and Koh Trangol).Pring - ព្រីង - is Khmer for Jambul (jambolan, jamblang, or jamun), the fruit of an evergreen, flowering tropical tree.[2]