Chol Kiri district

Chol Kiri
ស្រុកជលគិរី
District (srok)
Chol Kiri is located in Cambodia
Chol Kiri
Chol Kiri
Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 12°10′N 104°52′E / 12.167°N 104.867°E / 12.167; 104.867
CountryCambodia
ProvinceKampong Chhnang
Communes5
Villages26
Population
 (1998)[1]
 • Total28,300
Time zone+7
Geocode0402
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Chol Kiri (Khmer: ស្រុកជលគិរី) is a district (srok) in the east of Kampong Chhnang province, in central Cambodia. The district capital is Chol Kiri town located around eight km (5.0 mi) south of the provincial capital of Kampong Chhnang by road. Chol Kiri district is the easternmost district of Kampong Chhnang. The district shares a border with Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham provinces to the east. Most of the district is low lying floodplain and the Tonlé Sap River runs through the district roughly from north to south.[2] This proximity to the river and the lack of high land make Chol Kiri one of the most flood prone districts in the country. The Kampong Chhnang Department of Development has estimated that both Chol Kiri and Kampong Leaeng districts are flooded for six months of the year and that after the floodwaters have receded drinking water sources are left contaminated.[3]

The district has virtually no significant road infrastructure and all settlements are located along the Tonle Sap river and various smaller tributaries. Chol Kiri district is one of the smallest districts in Kampong Chhnang province by land area and only Kampong Chhnang district is smaller. It also has the smallest district population in the province due to its small size, flooded landscape and lack of road transport infrastructure. Two small tertiary roads run to Chol Kiri town from National Highway 6 in Batheay district in Kampong Cham province.[4]

  1. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 75–76.
  2. ^ Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006 (3rd ed.). Total Cambodge. 2006. p. 42.
  3. ^ Sam, Noeun (2006). "Safe drinking water remains a luxury for few". FM 102, Women's Media Center. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  4. ^ Cambodia Road Network (Version 03-00 ed.). Ministry of Public Works and Transport. 2001.