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Banteay
Meanchey
I
Battambang
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Kampot
I
Kandal
I
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
I
Kampong
Thom
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Mondulkiri |
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Oddor
Meanchey
I
Pailin
City
I
Preah
Vihear
I
Pursat
I
Prey
Veng
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Phnom
Penh |
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Ratanakiri
I
Sihanoukville
I
Stung
Treng
I
Svay
Rieng
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Siem
Reap
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Takeo |
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 Prey
Veng
is
quite
a
sleepy
Cambodian
province,
that
just
happen
to
have
one
of
the
countries
busiest
highways
running
straight
through
it-National
Highway
No
1,
which
links
Phnom
Penh
and
Ho
Chi
Minh
City
in
Vietnam.
It
is a
small
but
heavily
populated
agricultural
region
located
on
the
east
banks
of
the
mighty
Mekong.
The
name
of
the
province
means
literally
“tall
forest”,
but
actually
doesn’t
refer
in
any
case
to
lush
forests
as
most
of
them
were
chopped
down
in
the
past
30-50
years. |
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Also
rubber
played
once
a
big
economical
role
in
this
province,
but
since
the
war
took
over
the
country
the
plantations
are
no
longer
commercially
viable.
There
are
little
places
of
significance
to
see
nowadays,
but
during
the
pre-Angkorian
times
it
must
have
been
one
of
the
most
populated
and
lively
areas
of
the
country.
One
of
the
earliest
pre-Angkorian
kingdoms
was
located
in
the
area
around
Ba
Phnom. |
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The
sleepy
provincial
capital
is
also
named
Prey
Veng
and
situates
on
the
National
Highway
No
11,
recently
rebuild
as a
road
link
between
National
Road
No
11
and
No
7,
or
Neak
Luong
and
Kompong
Cham.
There
aren’t
a
lot
of
travellers
making
their
way
to
that
small
town.
So
if
you
would
like
to
escape
from
your
fellow
travellers
that’s
an
opportunity,
especially
on
the
way
to
Kampong
Cham.
It’s
also
a
stop
worth
on
the
way
to
or
from
Vietnam. |
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The
town
itself
hosts
a
few
decaying
colonial
buildings,
showing
that
this
was
once
a
lively
and
important
centre.
There
is a
huge
lake
on
the
west
edge
of
the
town,
which
evaporates
from
March
till
August
and
local
farmers
cultivate
their
rice
on
the
fertile
ground. |
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