Kampot Province


Kampot is a province of Cambodia. It borders the provinces of Koh Kong and Kampong Speu to the north, Takeo and Kep and Vietnam to the east and Sihanoukville to the west. To its south it has a coastline of around 45 km on the Gulf of Thailand. It is rich in low arable lands and has abundant natural resources. Its capital is Kampot town.
Kampot Province had a population of 627,884 in 2010 and consist of eight districts divided into 92 communes with a total of 477 villages. Touk Meas City is located in Kampot Province.

History

Under 19th century French colonial administration 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 also a Vietnamese village, called Tien-Thanh and another Vietnamese village on Traeuy Koh Island. A Malay also existed on Traeuy Koh Island. Additional villages of mixed ethnicity are listed.

Khmer Rouge era

Destruction and mass murder happened throughout the whole area of Kampot province, as the Cambodian genocide and bloody massacres engulfed Kampot province under the terror of Khmer Rouge rule. A total 90,450 persons were massacred throughout the province.
Ta Mok himself massacred 30,000 people in the Angkor Chey District of Kampot.

Economy

Agriculture

The province is subdivided into 7 districts and 1 municipality.
ISO CodeDistrictKhmer
07-01Angkor Cheyស្រុកអង្គរជ័យ
07-02Banteay Measស្រុកបន្ទាយមាស
07-03Chhoukស្រុកឈូក
07-04Chum Kiriស្រុកជុំគិរី
07-05Dang Tongស្រុកដងទង់
07-06Kampong Trachស្រុកកំពង់ត្រាច
07-07Tuek Chhou ស្រុក​ទឹក​ឈូ ក្រុង​កំពត (អតីត

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