Kok Lak Explained

Kok Lak
Native Name:កុកឡាក់
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:Veun Sai
Parts Type:Villages
Parts Style:para
P1:4
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1312
Population As Of:1998
Population Density Km2:auto
Geocode:160907
Timezone1:UTC+07

Kok Lak (Central Khmer: កុកឡាក់) is a commune in Veun Sai District in northeast Cambodia. It contains four villages and has a population of 1312.[1] In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party.[2] Land alienation is a problem of moderate severity in Kok Lak.[3] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Villages

Village[4] Population
(1998)
Sex ratio
(male/female)
(1998)
Number of
households
(1998)
La Lai 267 0.95 54
Rak 451 0.93 105
La Meuy 401 1.02 76
Trak 193 0.97 44

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 . National Election Committee, No 4.58/07 NEC.SG.PIB . April 18, 2007 . June 6, 2008 . 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: Commune name: Ratanak Kiri (រតនគីរី) . 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 .