Baribour district

Baribour
ស្រុកបរិបូណ៌
District (srok)
Baribour is located in Cambodia
Baribour
Baribour
Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 12°26′N 104°27′E / 12.433°N 104.450°E / 12.433; 104.450
Country Cambodia
ProvinceKampong Chhnang
Communes11
Villages64
Population
 (1998)[1]
 • Total51,516
Time zone+7
Geocode0401
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Baribour (Khmer: ស្រុកបរិបូណ៌ "Abundance") is a district (srok) in the north of Kampong Chhnang province, in central Cambodia. The district capital is Baribour town located around 38 kilometres north west of the provincial capital of Kampong Chhnang by road. The district shares a border with Pursat province to the west and with Kampong Thom province to the north. The district borders on the Tonlé Sap and the Tonlé Sap River forms the northern and eastern borders of the district.[2]

The district is easily accessed by road from Kampong Chhnang (38 km) Pursat (55 km) and Phnom Penh (129 km). Baribour district is one of the smallest districts in Kampong Chhnang province by land area and only Chol Kiri district is smaller. However, it has an average district population for the province due to the Tonle Sap and the National Highway. National Highway 5 which begins in Phnom Penh and ends at Poipet bisects the district running from north west to south east. National road 52 begins at the highway at Ponley and runs north to the port of Kampong Preah.[3]

  1. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 74–75.
  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.