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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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Kampong
Cham
I Kampong
Chhang I
Kampong
Speu
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Kampong
Thom
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Oddor
Meanchey
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Pailin
City
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Preah
Vihear
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Pursat
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Prey
Veng
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Phnom
Penh |
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Ratanakiri
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Sihanoukville
I
Stung
Treng
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Svay
Rieng
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Siem
Reap
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Takeo |
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 Mondulkiri
is
an
eastern
province
of
Cambodia,
which
is
the
most
sparsely
populated
province
in
the
whole
country
although
being
the
largest
province
in
Cambodia.
The
province
is
chock
full
of
natural
beauty,
with
thickly
forested
mountains,
powerful
waterfalls
and
the
lush
green
rolling
hills
of
the
western
side.
Despite
the
growing
deforestation,
especially
due
to
the
valuable
minerals
remaining
in
the
deep
red,
fertile
ground,
Mondulkiri
has
still
one
of
the
biggest
successional
woodlands
of
Cambodia.
Except
being
in
Sen
Monorom,
you’ll
find
deep
pure
jungle,
with
a
huge
variety
of
flora
and
fauna.
You
may
also
find
gigantic
and
beautiful
waterfalls,
where
you
can
take
an
empowering
shower,
such
as
the
impressive
Bou
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Sen
Monorom
is
the
provincial
capital
and
doesn’t
show
up
as a
typical
Cambodian
town,
while
it
is
the
only
town
the
province
has
to
speak
of.
With
approx.
7500
inhabitants,
20
guesthouses,
12
restaurants,
3
bars
and
no
post
office
it
is
often
compared
to
American
Wild
West
frontier
towns.
Concerning
the
quietness
and
beauty
of
Sen
Monorom
people
from
other
parts
of
the
country
move
here
and
therefore
the
land
price
doubled
from
2006
to
2007.
The
town
of
Sen
Monorom
is
the
best
base
camp
for
travellers
who
want
to
explore
the
surrounding
areas.
A
quiet
but
beautiful
town
nestled
into
the
hills;
it
has
a
lot
of
potential
to
develop
into
a
centre
for
non-intrusive
eco-tourism.
At
present,
it’s
very
undeveloped,
which
gives
you
a
feeling
of
going
somewhere
off
the
beaten
tourist
trail.
Add
to
that
the
communities
of
hill
tribe
people,
who
are
not
affected
by
mass-tourism,
as
they
are
in
neighbouring
Thailand,
and
you
have
an
area
that
is
very
attractive
to
the
adventure
traveller.
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Also
interesting
is
the
variety
of
languages
being
used:
Khmer,
hill
tribe
languages,
Vietnamese
and
Lao.
80
percent
of
the
population
in
Mondulkiri
is
made
up
of
ten
tribal
minorities,
with
the
majority
of
them
being
the
Chunchiet
from
the
tribe
of
the
Phnong.
The
remaining
20
percent
are
Khmer,
Chinese
and
Muslim
Cham.
Most
of
the
population
lives
off
the
land,
planting
rice,
fruit
trees
and
a
variety
of
vegetables.
Others
grow,
coffee,
strawberries,
rubber
and
cashew
nuts.
More
and
more
houses
are
built
in
the
typical
Khmer
style.
Visiting
the
hill
tribes
you
still
can
find
the
traditional Phnong
houses.
In
the
houses
you
can
find
traditional
gongs
and
big
jars,
whereby
the
last
ones
are
said
to
be
more
than
a
thousand
years
old.
There
are
various
sorts
of
gongs
used
for
different
occasions.
Jars
and
gongs
are
among
the
most
valuable
possessions
in
an
indigenous
community,
whether
in
traditional,
spiritual
or
material
terms.
During
the
Khmer
Rouge
Regime
those
objects
were
buried
in
hidden
places
in
the
jungle
and
in
many
cases
they
still
wait
in
the
ground.
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