Koh Pring Explained

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]

Geography

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Islands . Cambodia islands – Island Species Cambodia . December 17, 2017 . May 16, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150516191541/http://kohrong-sanloem.com/geography/list-of-islands . dead .
  2. Web site: Kaoh Pring . 1worldmap . 5 May 2016.