Koh Sotin
ស្រុកកោះសូទិន | |
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  Koh Sotin Location in Cambodia | |
| Coordinates: 11°53′16″N 105°24′48″E / 11.88778°N 105.41333°E | |
| Country |  Cambodia |
| Province | Kampong Cham |
| Communes | 8 |
| Villages | 85 |
| Population (1998)[1] | |
| • Total | 70,672 |
| Time zone | +7 |
| Geocode | 0308 |
Koh Sotin (Khmer: ស្រុកកោះសូទិន, lit. 'The Courageous Date') is a district (srok) located in Kampong Cham province, Cambodia. The district capital is Chi Haer town located around 10 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Kampong Cham by water, but some 42 kilometres by road. The district borders on the southern bank of the Mekong River and includes the islands of Koh Sothin and Koh Mitt in its area.[2]
The district is easily accessed by boat from Kampong Cham. Road access however, is via 12 kilometres of secondary road to National road 11 and then a further 18 kilometres to the intersection with National Highway 7. From this intersection in Tbong Khmom district is it a further 12 kilometres west to the provincial capital. This small relatively narrow district follows the south bank of the Mekong for about 25 kilometres. As the district is low lying, much of the land area of the district is inundated when the Mekong rises during the wet season.[3]
- ^ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 45–46.
- ^ Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006 (3rd ed.). Total Cambodge. 2006. p. 44.
- ^ "Flood Analysis with RADARSAT-1 Data Recorder" (PDF). UNOSAT. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2009.