Prey Veng province

Coordinates: 11°29′N 105°20′E / 11.483°N 105.333°E / 11.483; 105.333
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A rice field in Prey Veng

Template:Infobox Cambodian Province Prey Veng (Khmer: ខេត្តព្រៃវែង) is a province of Cambodia. The capital is Prey Veng town.

Land area

The total land area of the province is 4,883 km², which equals 2.7% of the total land area of Cambodia (181,035 km²). This consists of 445.18 km² or 9.12% of human settlements, 3,100 km² or 63.49% of agricultural land use, 194.61 km² or 3.99% of forested area, 1,082.86 km² or 22.18% of public land, infrastructure and water bodies. The remaining 60.35 km² or 1.24 % are unused areas.

Population

The total population is 947,357 persons or 7.07% of the total population of 13,388,910 persons in Cambodia [1] In the above number are also consisting of 825,818 person or 80.54% are farmers, 140,685 person or 13.72% are fishermen, 44,561 person or 4,35% are traders, 14,267 person or 1.39% are government’s officers.

The average density 194.0 person per km².

Districts

A market in Neak Leoung

The province is subdivided into 12 districts.

References

  1. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3rd September, 2008

External links

Source

Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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