Veal Veng district explained

Veal Veng
Other Name:Veal Veaeng
Settlement Type:District (srok)
Pushpin Map:Cambodia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cambodia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cambodia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Pursat
Subdivision Type2:Communes
Subdivision Name2:5
Subdivision Type3:Villages
Subdivision Name3:20
Population As Of:1998
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:57,523
Timezone:+7
Coordinates:12.3667°N 118°W
Blank Name:Geocode
Blank Info:1506

Veal Veng (or Veal Veaeng), Central Khmer: ស្រុកវាលវែង, is a district in Pursat Province, Cambodia. The district capital is Pramoey town located 109km (68miles) by road from National Highway Number 5.

Characteristics

Veal Veang shares a border with Battambang Province to the north, Thailand to the west, Koh Kong Province to the south and the Pursat districts of Phnum Kravanh and Bakan to the east. The northern end of the Cardamom Mountains cover the eastern edge of Veal Veang to the Thai border.[2] According to the 1998 Census, Veal Veang district is made up of 5 communes and 20 villages. However, the population of the district was not enumerated in the census due to security concerns.[3] From 1979 until the end of the 1990s, Veal Veang was one of the last remaining strongholds of the Khmer Rouge.

The legacy of the Cambodian civil war and over 30 years of Khmer Rouge occupation has left many parts of the district heavily contaminated with landmines.[4] As mines are cleared and roads improved, logging both legal and illegal threatens the remaining forested areas. Veal Veang is also home to around 300 families of the few remaining ethnic minority Pear people.[5]

References

12.3667°N 118°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. 250–252.
  2. Book: Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006, 3rd edition. 2006. Total Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  3. Web site: Census Plan for 2008 . Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh 2006.
  4. Web site: Final report: Land Mine Awareness Project . Cambodian Red Cross, Phnom Penh 2004]..
  5. Web site: Overview of the distribution of Pear (Por) people in Cambodia . NGO Forum, Phnom Penh, 2005 . 2007-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070921013022/http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Overview.htm . 2007-09-21 . dead .