Kampong Chhnang Province

• Name — Kampong Chhnang • Native Name — កំពង់ឆ្នាំង • Official Name — * ខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង • Type — Province • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Cambodia • Seat Type — Capital • Seat — Kampong Chhnang • Parts Type — Subdivisions • Parts — 7 districts; 1 municipality • Established Title — Provincial status • Established Date — 1907 • Government Type — Province • Leader Title — Governor • Leader Name — Sun Sovannarith • Leader Party — CPP • Leader Title1 — Deputy Governor • Leader Name1 — Srun Samit • Leader Title2 — National Assembly • Area Total Km2 — 5521 • Area Rank — 14th • Population Total — 604,895 • Population As Of — 2024 • Population Rank — 14th • Population Density Km2 — 95 • Population Density Rank — 14th • Time Zone1 — ICT • Utc Offset1 — +7 • Iso Code — KH-4 • Website — www.kampongchhnang.gov.kh

Kampong Chhnang consists of two Khmer words, kampong (កំពង់) means "port" or "harbor" and chhnang (ឆ្នាំង chhnăng) means "pottery". Both words combine together meaning "Port of Pottery" or "Pottery Harbor".

• Illustration — Group of palm trees in Kampong Chhnang province Kampong Chhnang is a small province 91 km from Phnom Penh. It is in the alluvial plain of central Cambodia and is drained by the Tonle Sap, a tributary of the Mekong river. The capital city of Phnom Penh has grown until it actually encompasses the provincial border of Kampong Chhnang.

The state religion is Theravada Buddhism. More than 93.1% of the people in Kampong Chhnang province are Buddhists. About 5.8% population of Kampong Chhnang province follow Islam followed by Chams. Christianity is followed by 0.3% in the province, then animism or other religions followed by 0.9%. Kampong Chhnang is the main center for the Kan Imam San religious community, a type of Islam practiced exclusively by some Chams in isolated communities in Cambodia. There are 16 Kan Imam San villages in Kampong Chhnang province. The leaders of the community live and pray near Kampong Tralech.

The name translates from Khmer literally to Port of Pottery. Archaeological remains from the area have revealed among many other findings artifacts from Dvaravati, a former kingdom in present-day Thailand, dating to the 6th through 11th centuries. Kampong Chhnang province centuries ago was a coastal city on the route between China and India; due to sedimentation from the Mekong river, the coast line moved much farther to sea. When the Tonle Sap river changed its course, the city lost its main water source and thus was deserted, the population moving to a city called Kampong Tralach. A city gradually formed around it, bring new life to Kampong Chhnang. A museum presents the archaeological record of the city's history.

The province is subdivided into 7 districts and 1 municipality. The districts are further subdivided into 65 communes (khum) and 478 villages (phum). There is one city and 14 townships. There are also 102 khum administrative organizations (KAO). • ISO code — District — Khmer — Population (2019) • 04-01 — Baribo — ស្រុកបរិបូណ៌ — 55,371 • 04-02 — Chol Kiri — ស្រុកជលគីរី — 31,322 • 04-03 — Kampong Chhnang Municipality — ក្រុងកំពង់ឆ្នាំង — 41,080 • 04-04 — Kampong Leng — ស្រុកកំពង់លែង — 44,066 • 04-05 — Kampong Tralach — ស្រុកកំពង់ត្រឡាច — 99,356 • 04-06 — Rolea Bier — ស្រុករលាប្អៀរ — 103,219 • 04-07 — Samakki Meanchey — ស្រុកសាមគ្គីមានជ័យ — 81,197 • 04-08 — Teuk Phos — ស្រុកទឹកផុស — 62,287