Tboung Khmum district

For the province, see Tboung Khmum Province.
Tboung Khmum district
ស្រុកត្បូងឃ្មុំ
District
Kizuna Bridge, opened in 2001, is the first bridge over the Mekong River in Cambodia
Kizuna Bridge, opened in 2001, is the first bridge over the Mekong River in Cambodia
Tboung Khmum district is located in Cambodia
Tboung Khmum district
Tboung Khmum district
Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 11°54′34″N 105°38′49″E / 11.90944°N 105.64694°E / 11.90944; 105.64694
Country Cambodia
ProvinceTboung Khmum
Population
 (1998)[1]
 • Total214,780
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Geocode2516
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Tboung Khmum (Khmer: ស្រុកត្បូងឃ្មុំ, lit. 'The Bee's Gem Pearl') is a district (srok) located in Tboung Khmum province, Cambodia. The district capital is Tboung Khmum town located around 20 kilometres east of the provincial capital of Kampong Cham by road. Tboung Khmum was formerly a central district of Kampong Cham before Tboung Khmum Province was formed from land formerly part of Kampong Cham. The district shares no borders with other provinces and is home to the huge Chup Rubber plantation. The plantation covers much of the land area of the district and contributes a large proportion to the district and provincial economy.[2]

The district is easily accessed by road from Kampong Cham city, Kratie or Prey Veng. Tboung Khmum is one of the largest districts in Tboung Khmum Province both by land area and by population, and only Memot district has a larger area. National Highway 7 bisects the district running from east to west. National Highway 11 runs from Nhek Loeung in Prey Veng province and ends at Slab Kadoung on National Highway 7 in Tboung Khmum district. National road 73 begins near the eastern border of the district and runs north to Chhloung town in Chhloung district in Kratie.[3]

In 2001, the Kizuna bridge was opened in what was then Kampong Cham District. It was the first bridge to be built over the Mekong river in Cambodia.[4] The Kizuna bridge links eastern and western Cambodia by road for the first time. It links the provincial capital of Kampong Cham with Tonle Bet in Tboung Khmum district. Construction of the bridge began in 1999 and took three years to complete. An estimated 10,000 people crowded the bridge for the opening ceremony.[5]

  1. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 68–73.
  2. ^ Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006 (3rd ed.). Total Cambodge. 2006. p. 44.
  3. ^ Cambodia Road Network (Version 03-00 ed.). Ministry of Public Works and Transport. 2001.
  4. ^ Streeby, Richard (December 9, 2001). "First Bridge over Mekong". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  5. ^ "First bridge over Mekong in Cambodia opens amid celebrations". Associated Press. December 4, 2001. Retrieved 2009-01-30.