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Province: Prey Veng
Area: 13,788sq km
Population: 1,027,393
Density: 9
District: 7
Commune: 49
Village: 204
Prey Veng is quite a sleepy Cambodian province, that just happen to have one of
the countries busiest highways running straight through it-National Highway No
1, which links Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. It is a small but
heavily populated agricultural region located on the east banks of the mighty
Mekong. The name of the province means literally “tall forest”, but actually
doesn’t refer in any case to lush forests as most of them were chopped down in
the past 30-50 years. Also rubber played once a big economical role in this
province, but since the war took over the country the plantations are no longer
commercially viable.
There are little places of significance to see nowadays, but during the pre-Angkorian
times it must have been one of the most populated and lively areas of the
country. One of the earliest pre-Angkorian kingdoms was located in the area
around Ba Phnom.
The sleepy provincial capital is also named Prey Veng and situates on the
National Highway No 11, recently rebuild as a road link between National Road No
11 and No 7, or Neak Luong and Kompong Cham. There aren’t a lot of travelers
making their way to that small town. So if you would like to escape from your
fellow travelers that’s an opportunity, especially on the way to Kampong Cham.
It’s also a stop worth on the way to or from Vietnam. The town itself hosts a
few decaying colonial buildings, showing that this was once a lively and
important centre. There is a huge lake on the west edge of the town, which
evaporates from March till August and local farmers cultivate their rice on the
fertile ground.
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Source: Ministry of
Tourism of the Kingdom of Cambodia |
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