Kampong Cham (city)
| Kampong Cham ក្រុងកំពង់ចាម |
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first bridge to link both sides of the Mekong River in Cambodia
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 Kampong Cham
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| Country |  Cambodia |
| Province | Kampong Cham |
| District | Kampong Cham District |
| Government | |
| • Type | City municipality |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 118,242 |
| Time zone | Cambodia (UTC+7) |
Kampong Cham (Khmer: ក្រុងកំពង់ចាម) is the capital city of Kampong Cham Province in eastern Cambodia. It is the sixth largest city in Cambodia[2] with a population of 63,771 people (2006)[3] and is located on the Mekong River. Kampong Cham is 124 kilometers northeast from Phnom Penh and can be reached by either boat or by asphalt road. It takes about 2.5 hours by vehicle or 2.5 hours by boat from Phnom Penh to the city of Kampong Cham. Its geographic location is 12.00°N, 105.46°E.
The city is connected to the district of Tbong khmum by the Kizuna bridge, the first in Cambodia to span the Mekong.
The city is subdivided into four khums and 31 phums.
Kampong means "the side of a river or any other water body" with Cham meaning Cham ethnicity of Champa. A similar Malay word "Kampung" means "village" - an example of a false cognate as the two languages are otherwise unrelated.
Contents
Climate
| Climate data for Kampong Cham | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31 (88) |
33 (92) |
34 (94) |
35 (95) |
33 (92) |
32 (90) |
32 (89) |
32 (89) |
31 (87) |
31 (87) |
31 (87) |
30 (86) |
32.1 (89.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
24 (76) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (76) |
24 (76) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
21 (70) |
23.3 (74.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8 (0.3) |
10 (0.4) |
33 (1.3) |
80 (3) |
196 (7.7) |
236 (9.3) |
226 (8.9) |
200 (8) |
295 (11.6) |
234 (9.2) |
97 (3.8) |
23 (0.9) |
1,638 (64.4) |
| Source: Weatherbase [4] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Tourism Cambodia
- ↑ travelsradiate.com, stats implemented from Geonames
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
External links
Kampong Cham travel guide from Wikivoyage
