Lung Khung Explained

Lung Khung
Native Name:លុងឃុង
Native Name Lang:khm
Settlement Type:Commune
Pushpin Map:Cambodia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Cambodia
Coordinates:13.6333°N 115°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ratanakiri Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bar Kaev
Parts Type:Villages
Parts Style:para
P1:4
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1828
Population As Of:1998
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:UTC+07

Lung Khung (Central Khmer: លុងឃុង) is a commune in Bar Kaev District in northeast Cambodia. It contains four villages and has a population of 1,828.[2] In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party.[3] Land alienation is a problem of moderate severity in Lung Khung.[4] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Villages

Village[5] Population
(1998)
Sex ratio
(male/female)
(1998)
Number of
households
(1998)
Lung Khung 998 0.87 213
Pa Ar 383 0.95 84
Pa Yang 297 0.98 56
Chreak 146 0.90 32

In addition to the four villages listed above, the census recorded one household of four people outside the villages.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-07-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp . 2008-06-08 .
  2. 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 .
  3. 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 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080602210959/http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/2007/Official%20results/24provinces/16%20Ratanak%20Kiri.pdf . June 2, 2008 .
  4. 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 .
  5. 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 .