Kampong Chhnang Municipality

Kampong Chhnang municipality
ស្រុកកំពង់ឆ្នាំង
Kampong Chhnang municipality is located in Cambodia
Kampong Chhnang municipality
Kampong Chhnang municipality
Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 12°15′N 104°40′E / 12.250°N 104.667°E / 12.250; 104.667
Country Cambodia
ProvinceKampong Chhnang
Communes4
Villages26
CapitalKampong Chhnang
Government
 • MayorHay Monorom
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total43,130
Time zone+7
Geocode0403

Kampong Chhnang municipality (Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់ឆ្នាំង) is a municipality in the centre of Kampong Chhnang province in central Cambodia. This is classed as an urban district and the provincial capital Kampong Chhnang City lies within the municipality. The district is quite small and encompasses the provincial town and nearby communes. Kampong Chhnang is the smallest district in Kampong Chhnang province and is surrounded by other Kampong Chhnang districts. The Tonle Sap river lies on the north and eastern borders of the district.[2]

The district is a significant transportation hub for both road and water transport. Kampong Chhnang is the smallest district in Kampong Chhnang province by land area but is densely populated. National Highway 5 which runs from Phnom Penh to Poipet in Banteay Meanchey enters the district in the south and exits to the north west. National Road 53 begins here and runs south west to meet the National Railway line at Romeas in Tuek Phos district. Numerous smaller provincial roads begin in the centre of the district. One of these runs north east for 2 kilometres to Kampong Chhnang Port in Phsar Chhnang commune.[3]

  1. ^ "Economic Census of Cambodia 2011 Provincial Report 04 Kampong Chhnang Province"
  2. ^ Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006 (3rd ed.). Total Cambodge. 2006. p. 42.
  3. ^ Cambodia Road Network (Version 03-00 ed.). Ministry of Public Works and Transport. 2001.