Ya Tung Explained

Ya Tung
Native Name:យ៉ាទុង
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
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ou Ya Dav District
Parts Type:Villages
Parts Style:para
P1:5
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1751
Population Density Km2:auto
Geocode:160707
Timezone1:UTC+07

Ya Tung (Central Khmer: យ៉ាទុង) is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District in northeast Cambodia. It contains five villages and has a population of 1,751. In the 2007 commune council elections, four of the commune's five seats went to the Cambodian People's Party and one went to the Sam Rainsy Party.[1] The land alienation rates in Ya Tung was moderate as of January 2006.[2] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Villages

Village[3] [4] Population
(1998)
Sex ratio
(male/female)
(1998)
Number of
households
(1998)
Notes
Ten Ngol 532 0.91 109
Peak 445 0.9 66
TenSoh 196 0.83 39
Dar 340 1.06 50
Sam 238 0.95 39

Notes and References

  1. 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/20110722132138/http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/2007/Official%20results/24provinces/16%20Ratanak%20Kiri.pdf. July 22, 2011.
  2. Web site: Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. NGO Forum on Cambodia. August 2006. June 6, 2008.
  3. Web site: Final Population Totals, Rotanak Kiri Province, 1998. Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. June 6, 2008.
  4. Web site: Ratanak Kiri Province. Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. June 6, 2008.