Kampot Province

Its capital is the city of Kampot. Kampot had a population of 627,884 in 2010 and consists of eight districts divided into 92 communes with a total of 477 villages. The Preah Monivong National Park at 140,000 hectares is located in Kampot.

• Name — Kampot • Official Name — Kampot Province ខេត្តកំពត • Native Name — កំពត • Type — Province • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Capital • Subdivision Name1 — Kampot • Subdivision Type2 — Municipalities • Subdivision Name2 — Kampot, Bokor • Established Title — Provincial status • Established Date — 20 August 1923 • Leader Party — CPP • Leader Title — Governor • Leader Name — Mao Thonin • Leader Title1 — Deputy Governor • Leader Name1 — Koeut Chhe • Leader Title2 — National Assembly • Area Total Km2 — 4873 • Area Rank — 17th • Population Total — 682,987 • Population Rank — 12th • Population As Of — 2024 • Population Density Rank — 12th • Population Density Km2 — 143 • Population Demonym — Kampotian • Custom Label Sec1 — Municipalities • Custom Data Sec1 — 2 • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Districts • Custom Data1 Sec1 — 7 • Custom Label2 Sec1 — Communes • Custom Data2 Sec1 — 93 • Time Zone — ICT • Utc Offset — +7 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Area Code — +855 • Iso Code — KH-7 • Website — kampot.gov.kh • Custom Data3 Sec1 — 488 • Custom Label3 Sec1 — Villages Khmer

In the 19th century, during the French Indochina period, Kampot became a regional administrative center with the status of a state border district as a result of the delimitation of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The Circonscription Résidentielle de Kampot contained the arrondissements of Kampot, Kompong-Som, Trang and Kong-Pisey. In 1889, French colonial census reports a multi-ethnic community: Kampot town consisted of "Cambodian Kampot" on the Prek-Kampot River and "Chinese Kampot" on the right riverbank of the west branch of the Prek-Thom River. Nearby was a Vietnamese village, called Tien-Thanh and another Vietnamese village on Traeuy Koh Island. A Malay one existed on Traeuy Koh Island. Additional villages of mixed ethnicity are listed. Destruction and mass murder happened throughout Kampot province, as the Cambodian genocide and massacres engulfed Kampot province under the Khmer Rouge rule. A total 90,450 persons were massacred throughout the province.

The province is subdivided into 7 districts and 2 municipality. • ISO code — District — Khmer — Population (2019) • 07-01 — Angkor Chey — ស្រុកអង្គរជ័យ — 88,263 • 07-02 — Banteay Meas — ស្រុកបន្ទាយមាស — 100,299 • 07-03 — Chhouk — ស្រុកឈូក — 125,406 • 07-04 — Chum Kiri — ស្រុកជុំគិរី — 56,784 • 07-05 — Dang Tong — ស្រុកដងទង់ — 63,911 • 07-06 — Kampong Trach — ស្រុកកំពង់ត្រាច — 98,683 • 07-07 — Tuek Chhou — ស្រុកទឹកឈូ — 126,789 • 07-08 — Kampot Municipality — ក្រុងកំពត — 38,950 • 07-09 — Bokor Municipality — ក្រុងបូកគោ

• Illustration — Tree-cover loss year in Kampot, 2001-2024, from the Global Forest Change dataset.

• Illustration — Map of Kampot province • Illustration — View of the coast near Kampot from Bokor mountain (Phnom Bokor). • Illustration — The Dâmrei Mountains receives monsoon rainfalls, and keeps the eastern parts of the province in rain shadow. • Illustration — The highland plateaus in Phnom Bokor National Park • Illustration — Farmlands • Illustration — Kampot pepper farm • Illustration — Fishing boats on Kampot River • Illustration — Phnom Chhnork, cave temple near Kampot city • Illustration — Caves in Kampong Trach

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