Ou Chum (commune) explained

Ou Chum
Native Name:	អូរជុំ
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 Chum District
Parts Type:	Villages
Parts Style:	para
P1:	8
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population Total:	3,090
Population As Of:	1998
Population Density Km2:	auto
Geocode:	160605
Timezone1:	UTC+07

Ou Chum (Central Khmer: អូរជុំ) is a commune in Ou Chum District in north-east Cambodia. It contains eight villages and had a population of 3,090 in 1998.^[1] In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party.^[2] The NGO Forum on Cambodia reported in 2006 that the land alienation rate in Ou Chum was high.^[3] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Villages

Village^[4]	Khmer name^[5]	Population (1998)	Number of households (1998)	Sex ratio (male/female) (1998)	Notes
Ou Chum	អូរជុំ	733	112	1.12
Tharang Chong	ថារ៉ងជង	542	95	0.95
Tharang Svay	ថារ៉ងស្វាយ	417	67	0.96
L'eun Kraen	ល្អឺនក្រែន	300	46	0.89
L'eun Chong	ល្អឺនជង	254	35	0.94
Tang Pleng	តងប្លេង	240	38	0.95
Tang Kamal	តងកាម៉ាល់	326	57	0.86
L'eun Kang Mis	ល្អឺនកាំមីស	278	43	0.96

Notes and References

Web site: Final Population Totals, Rotanak Kiri Province, 1998. Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. November 11, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081029061900/http://www.stats.nis.gov.kh/CENSUSES/villagegaz/p16.pdf. October 29, 2008.
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. November 11, 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.
Web site: Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. NGO Forum on Cambodia. August 2006. November 11, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080614044247/http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Land_Alienation_draft.pdf. June 14, 2008.
Web site: Ratanak Kiri Province. Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. November 11, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080602230356/http://www.cambodia.gov.kh/unisql1/egov/english/province/ratanakiri.html. June 2, 2008.
Web site: Village name. (XLS). Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. November 11, 2008.