Sameakki Explained

Sameakki
Native Name:ឃុំសាមគ្គី
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
P1:4
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1,424
Population As Of:1998
Population Density Km2:auto
Geocode:160606
Timezone1:UTC+07

Sameakki (Central Khmer: ឃុំសាមគ្គី) is a commune in Ou Chum District in north-east Cambodia. It contains four villages and had a population of 1,424 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 Sameakki was severe.[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
Ka Meaen កាមែន 552 89 0.91
Prak ប្រាក់ 354 74 1
Nha (Bha Nhuk) ញ៉ុ 348 58 1.12
Ping ពីង 170 28 0.93

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final Population Totals, Rotanak Kiri Province, 1998. (PDF). 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.
  2. "Official Results of the 2007 Commune Councils Election in Ratank Kiri " (PDF). National Election Committee, No 4.58/07 NEC.SG.PIB (April 18, 2007). Retrieved on November 11, 2008
  3. Web site: Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. (PDF). 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: Village name. (XLS). Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. November 11, 2008.