Prey Veng (Khmer: ខេត្តព្រៃវែង, "long forest") is a province of Cambodia. The capital is Prey Veng town. In 2008 it had a total population of 947,357 people.
The National Road 1 passes through, which links Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City and is one of the busiest roads in the country.
This densely populated agricultural region is located on the east bank of the Mekong. The name literally means "long forest" in khmer, but the last great forests have gradually disappeared there over 30 years to provide for agricultural land.
History
In early Christian era, the province was a major center of the
However, with the advent of Chen-la, the hub of the kingdom moved farther west, to Koh Ker and Angkor and the region lost its importance.
In the 15th century, the Khmer emperors, under threat from the Siamese decided to resettle back to the east, to Oudong, Lovek then Phnom Penh. Prey Veng did favor them as it was too close to another danger, namely the
Under the French protectorate, the colonial authorities saw potential of the region in terms of agriculture and fishing and its proximity to the French colony of Cochin China. Mass deforestation took place, to create land for agriculture.
In 1975 when the Khmer Rouge took power, the province experienced its first famine, until 1977. Thousands of people in
As the Vietnamese army advanced in January 1979, the region regained its position and became one of the first areas of
Geography
The province is bordered by those of Kampong Cham Province to the north, Kandal Province to the west, Svay Rieng Province to the east and byVietnam to the south. It is crossed by two major rivers of the country, namely the Mekong and Tonle Bassac.
The total land area of the province is 4,883 km², which equals 2.7% of the total land area of
Population
The total population is 947,357 persons or 7.07% of the total population of 13,388,910 persons in Cambodia [2] 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.
The majority of the population is of Khmer origin and only 1.13% are from ethnic minorities such as Kinh (Viet), the Muslim Chams or
Economy
The province boasts of silt deposited in each flood of the
The main crop of rice and has the largest area devoted to rice in the country, contributing about 10% in the national crop and is among those that emerge each year the largest surplus. Tobacco, mung beans, cane sugar, palm sugar, cassava, sesame and fruits such as coconuts, mangoes and cashews or grown in Prey Veng. Rubber trees have played an important economic role in the past, but the plantations were abandoned during the wars that bloodied the country decades ago.
However, despite its agricultural base, it is one of the less wealthy areas of
Districts
The province contains 1139 villages organized by 116 communes and 12 districts. The districts are:
§ 1401 Ba Phnum (បាភ្នំ)
§ 1402 Kamchay Mear (កំចាយមារ)
§ 1403 Kampong Trabaek (កំពង់ត្របែក)
§ 1404 Kanhchriech (កញ្ច្រៀច)
§ 1405 Me Sang (មេសាង)
§ 1406 Peam Chor (ពាមជរ)
§ 1407 Peam Ro (ពាមរ)
§ 1408 Pea Reang (ពារាំង)
§ 1409 Preah Sdach (ព្រះស្ដេច)
§ 1410 Prey Veaeng (ព្រៃវែង)
§ 1411 Kampong Leav (កំពង់លាវ)
§ 1412 Sithor Kandal (ស៊ីធរកណ្ដាល)
Tourist Sites
Ba Phnom
Ba Phnom is located 78 kilometers east of
Archaeological research has shown that it was an important cultural center of the
The provincial capital is located on the National Road 11 between Neak Luong and Kampong Cham. It is located about 2 and half hours by road from