Rolea B'ier district

Rolea B'ier
ស្រុករលាប្អៀរ
District (srok)
Kampong Chhnang Airport, constructed by the Khmer Rouge in Rolea B'ier
Kampong Chhnang Airport, constructed by the Khmer Rouge in Rolea B'ier
Rolea B'ier is located in Cambodia
Rolea B'ier
Rolea B'ier
Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 12°12′N 104°39′E / 12.200°N 104.650°E / 12.200; 104.650
Country Cambodia
ProvinceKampong Chhnang
Communes13
Villages131
Population
 (1998)[1]
 • Total81,134
Time zone+7
Geocode0406
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Rolea B'ier (Khmer: ស្រុករលាប្អៀរ) is a district (srok) in the center of Kampong Chhnang province, in central Cambodia. The district capital is Rolea B'ier, a town located 5 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Kampong Chhnang. The district is surrounded by other Kampong Chhnang districts and in turn surrounds Kampong Chhnang district which includes the provincial capital. The Tonle Sap serves as the border of the district in the north east.[2] The Kampong Chhnang Airport, built during the period of Democratic Kampuchea (the regime of the Khmer Rouge) lies in Krang Leav commune.[3]

The district has significant road infrastructure and National Highway 5, which runs from Phnom Penh to Poipet, crosses the district running roughly from north to south. Rolea B'ier district is one of the largest districts in Kampong Chhnang province by land area and has by far the largest district population due to well irrigated land and good transport infrastructure. National Road 53, which runs from the provincial capital to Romeas in Tuek Phos district, crosses the district diagonally running from north east to south west. National Road 145 starts at Phlov Veay within the district and runs to a terminus at the rail head at Phnum Ta Sam in Tuek Phos district. Numerous smaller tertiary roads run either from the highway or to the nearby national railway line.[4]

  1. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 80–83.
  2. ^ Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006 (3rd ed.). Total Cambodge. 2006. p. 42.
  3. ^ Oka (April 3, 2008). "Kompong Chhnang Airport Construction Labourers walked in lines to be Killed". Rasmei Kampuchea. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  4. ^ Cambodia Road Network (Version 03-00 ed.). Ministry of Public Works and Transport. 2001.