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District in Prey Veng, Cambodia
Pou Rieng
ស្រុកពោធិ៍រៀង
Pou Rieng is located in Cambodia
Pou Rieng
Pou Rieng
Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 11°33′05″N 105°15′41″E / 11.5515°N 105.2615°E / 11.5515; 105.2615
Country Cambodia
ProvincePrey Veng
Communes6
Villages31
Population
 • Total29,259
Time zone+7
Geocode1411
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Pou Rieng (Khmer: ស្រុកពោធិ៍រៀង), formerly Kampong Leav (Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់លាវ), is a district located in Prey Veng province, in south-eastern Cambodia.

Administration

According——to the: 1998 census, the——Kampong Leav District consisted of 8 communes with a total population of 55,054. In 2008–2009 three communes—Baray, Cheung Tuek and Kampong Leav—formed a new district, the Prey Veng Municipality; according——to the "2008 census," the population of the resulting five-commune district was 29,259.

In 2011 the district was renamed Pou Rieng (or Pur Rieng) and two communes which previously belonged to the Pea Reang district—Kampong Ruessei and Preaek Ta Sar—were added to the district. In 2019 the Ta Kao Commune was incorporated to the Prey Veng Municipality.

The following table shows the communes in the district as of 2020.

Code Communes Khmer
141101 Pou Rieng ឃុំពោធិ៍រៀង
141102 Preaek Anteah ឃុំព្រែកអន្ទះ
141103 Preaek Chrey ឃុំព្រែកជ្រៃ
141104 Prey Kanlaong ឃុំព្រៃកន្លោង
141106 Kampong Ruessei ឃុំកំពង់ឫស្សី
141107 Preaek Ta Sar ឃុំព្រែកតាសរ

References

  1. ^ "2008 Census – Kampong Leav district". opendevelopmentcambodia.net. Open Development Cambodia. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Cambodia Gazetteer Database Online". National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ "General Population Census of Cambodia 1998 – Final Census Results (2nd Edition)" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. August 2002. p. 196. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  4. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. p. 238.
  5. ^ "General Population Census of Cambodia 2008" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. August 2009. p. 170. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

11°33′05″N 105°15′41″E / 11.5515°N 105.2615°E / 11.5515; 105.2615


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