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Banteay
Meanchey
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Battambang
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Kampot
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Kandal
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Kep
City
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Koh
Kong
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Kratie |
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Kampong
Cham
I Kampong
Chhang I
Kampong
Speu
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Kampong
Thom
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Mondulkiri |
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Oddor
Meanchey
I
Pailin
City
I
Preah
Vihear
I
Pursat
I
Prey
Veng
I
Phnom
Penh |
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Ratanakiri
I
Sihanoukville
I
Stung
Treng
I
Svay
Rieng
I
Siem
Reap
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Takeo |
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 Kampong
Thom
is
Cambodia's
second
largest
province
by
area.
Its
capital
is
named
Kampong
Thom,
a
picturesque
town
on
the
banks
of
the
Stung
Saen
River.
The
Sambor
temple
and
Prei
Kuk
temple
are
the
two
main
temples
in
Kompong
Thom
as
well
as
other
less
significant
Angkorian
sites.
Kompong
Thom
was
a
very
powerful
capital
in
Southeast
Asia
during
the
Funan
period.
Later
on,
during
the
French
rule,
the
province
was
home
to a
large
group
named
the
Stieng,
but
they
have
long
been
assimilated
into
Khmer
society. |
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Kampong
Pos
Thom’
was
the
original
name
of
the
present
called
‘Kampong
Thom’.
Because
originally
long
time
ago,
at
the
dock
of
the
Sen
River
next
to a
big
natural
lake,
there
was
a
big
cave
with
a
pair
of
big
snakes
inside.
The
people
living
around
this
area
usually
saw
these
big
snakes
every
Buddhist
Holiday.
Time
after
that,
the
snakes
disappeared,
and
the
people
of
that
area
called
it
Kampong
Pos
Thom.
Then,
only
short
words
‘Kampong
Thom’.
During
the
French
colony
in
Cambodia,
the
French
ruled
and
divided
Cambodian
territory
into
provinces,
and
named
them
according
to
the
spoken
words
of
the
people
‘Kampong
Thom
Province’.
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The
provincial
capital
Kampong
Thom
is
another
bustling
town
on
the
banks
of
the
Stung
Sen
River.
The
town
itself
is
strategically
located
on
the
National
Highway
No 6
between
Phnom
Penh
and
Siem
Reap.
Its
more
a
stopover
to
have
a
break
from
driving
long
distances
or
to
eat
something
on
the
way
to
Siem
Reap
or
Phnom
Penh,
than
a
very
touristic
place.
Despite
the
town
itself
people
come
to
explore
the
pre-Angkorian
Chenla
capital
Sambor
Prei
Kuk,
the
remote
temples
of
Preah
Khan
and
Prasat
Preah
Vihear.
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