Damnak Chang'aeur district

Damnak Chang'aeur

ដំណាក់ចង្អើរ
Damnak Chang'aeur ដំណាក់ចង្អើរ
District
	Damnak Chang'aeur District; ស្រុកដំណាក់ចង្អើរ
	Phnom Voar road
	Damnak Chang'aeur
	Coordinates: 10°32′2.18″N 104°20′54.78″E / 10.5339389°N 104.3485500°E
Country	Cambodia
Province	Kep
Population (1998)
• Total	18,341
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (ICT)

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Damnak Chang'aeur (Khmer: ដំណាក់ចង្អើរ, UNGEGN: Dâmnăk Châng'aeur [ɗɑmnak cɑŋʔaə]) is a district (srok) in Kep Province, Cambodia. It is the largest district in the province and a train track from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville runs through here. The district is subdivided into three communes (khum) and 11 villages (phum).^[2]

History

In June 1994, Phnom Voar in Damnak Chang'aeur hit the international headlines as the site of the kidnapping of three westerners, Australian David Wilson, 29, Briton Mark Slater, 28, and Frenchman Jean-Michel Braquet, 27 from a train by Khmer Rouge forces led by Commander Chouk Rin.^[3]

Subdivisions

230101 អង្កោល Angkoul Commune: It is at the west, bordering Kampot at its west, the sea at its south and Kep Municipality at its east.
- 23010101 អំពេង Ampeng
- 23010102 ទួលស្រង Tuol Srang
- 23010103 កោះសោម Kaoh Saom
- 23010104 អង្កោល Angkoul
230102 អូរក្រសារ Ou Krasar Commune
- 23010201 អូរក្រសារ Ou Krasar
- 23010202 ដំណាក់ចំបក់ Damnak Chambak
230103 ពងទឹក Pong Toek Commune
- 23010301 អូរដូង Ou Doung
- 23010302 ព្រៃតាកុយ Prey Ta Koy
- 23010303 ភ្នំលាវ Phnom Leav
- 23010304 រនេស Rones
- 23010305 ចំការបី Chamkar Bei

References

^ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 1–4.
^ National Institute of Statistics, Kep Province, Damnak Chang'aeur District Archived 2008-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Deaths of Khmer Rouge victims cry out for justice". The Australian. February 3, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

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[1] General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 1–4.

[2] National Institute of Statistics, Kep Province, Damnak Chang'aeur District Archived 2008-08-03 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Deaths of Khmer Rouge victims cry out for justice". The Australian. February 3, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

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v t e Kep Province
Capital: Kep
District	Damnak Chang'aeur Kep Municipality city

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States