Kampong_Leav_District

Pou Rieng district

Pou Rieng district

District in Prey Veng, Cambodia

Pou Rieng (Khmer: ស្រុកពោធិ៍រៀង),[2] formerly Kampong Leav (Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់លាវ), is a district located in Prey Veng province, in south-eastern Cambodia.

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Administration

According to the 1998 census, the Kampong Leav District consisted of 8 communes[3] with a total population of 55,054.[4] In 2008–2009 three communes—Baray, Cheung Tuek and Kampong Leav—formed a new district, the Prey Veng Municipality;[5] according to the 2008 census, the population of the resulting five-commune district was 29,259.[1]

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.[2] In 2019 the Ta Kao Commune was incorporated to the Prey Veng Municipality.[2]

The following table shows the communes in the district as of 2020.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "2008 Census – Kampong Leav district". opendevelopmentcambodia.net. Open Development Cambodia. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Cambodia Gazetteer Database Online". National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. [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. [4]
    General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. p. 238.
  5. [5]
    "General Population Census of Cambodia 2008" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. August 2009. p. 170. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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