Bakan district

Bakan
ស្រុកបាកាន
District (srok)
Bakan is located in Cambodia
Bakan
Bakan
Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 12°36′N 103°47′E / 12.600°N 103.783°E / 12.600; 103.783
Country Cambodia
ProvincePursat
Communes10
Villages156
Population
 (1998)[1]
 • Total121,229
Time zone+7
Geocode1501
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Bakan (Khmer: ស្រុកបាកាន) is a district in Pursat province, Cambodia. The district capital is at Trapeang Chong located on National Highway 5 around 15 kilometres north of the provincial capital at Pursat town.[2]

According to the 1998 Census, Bakan is made up of 10 communes and 156 villages. The population of the district was 121,229 persons in 22,494 households at the time of the census.[3] Bakan is the most populous district in Pursat province.

  1. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 241–244.
  2. ^ Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006, 3rd edition. Total Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 2006.
  3. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 1998, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh