Lum Choar Explained

Lum Choar
Native Name:លំជ័រ
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 Ya Dav District
Parts Type:Villages
Parts Style:para
P1:4
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1,385
Population As Of:1998
Population Density Km2:auto
Geocode:160702
Timezone1:UTC+07

Lum Choar (Central Khmer: លំជ័រ) is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. It contains four villages and has a population of 1,385. In the 2007 commune council elections, three of the commune's five seats went to the Cambodian People's Party and two went to the Sam Rainsy Party.[1] The land alienation rates in Lum Choar was moderate as of January 2006.[2] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Village[3] [4] Population
(1998)
Sex ratio
(male/female)
(1998)
Number of
households
(1998)
Notes
Lai 315 1.14 65
Ka Te 312 1.04 48
Trang 123 1.08 21
Un 635 1.08 124

Notes and References

  1. http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/2007/Official%20results/24provinces/16%20Ratanak%20Kiri.pdf "Official Results of the 2007 Commune Councils Election in Ratank Kiri"
  2. http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Land_Alienation_draft.pdf "Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia"
  3. http://www.stats.nis.gov.kh/CENSUSES/villagegaz/p16.pdf "Final Population Totals, Rotanak Kiri Province, 1998"
  4. http://www.cambodia.gov.kh/unisql1/egov/english/province/ratanakiri.html "Ratanak Kiri Province"