Kampot (, ) is a province in southwestern Cambodia. It borders the provinces of Kampong Speu to the north, Takéo to the east, Kep and the country of Vietnam (Kiên Giang) or Kampuchea Krom (Peam) to the south, and Preah Shianouk to the west. To its south it has a coastline of around 45 km on the Gulf of Thailand. Its capital is the city of Kampot.
Kampot had a population of 627,884 in 2010 and consists of eight districts divided into 92 communes with a total of 477 villages. The Preah Monivong National Park at 140,000 hectares is located in Kampot.
History
In the 19th century, during the French Indochina period, Kampot became a regional administrative center with the status of a state border district as a result of the delimitation of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The Circonscription Résidentielle de Kampot contained the arrondissements of Kampot, Kompong-Som, Trang and Kong-Pisey.
In 1889, French colonial census reports a multi-ethnic community: Kampot town consisted of "Cambodian Kampot" on the Prek-Kampot River and "Chinese Kampot" on the right riverbank of the west branch of the Prek-Thom River. Nearby was a Vietnamese village, called Tien-Thanh and another Vietnamese village on Traeuy Koh Island. A Malay one existed on Traeuy Koh Island. Additional villages of mixed ethnicity are listed.
Destruction and mass murder happened throughout Kampot province, as the Cambodian genocide and massacres engulfed Kampot province under the Khmer Rouge rule. A total 90,450 persons were massacred throughout the province.
Districts
The province is subdivided into 7 districts and 2 municipality.
{| class="wikitable"
! ISO code
! District
! Khmer
! Population (2019)
|-
| 07-01
| Angkor Chey
|
| 88,263
|-
| 07-02
| Banteay Meas
|
| 100,299
|-
| 07-03
| Chhouk
|
| 125,406
|-
| 07-04
| Chum Kiri
|
| 56,784
|-
| 07-05
| Dang Tong
|
| 63,911
|-
| 07-06
| Kampong Trach
|
| 98,683
|-
| 07-07
| Tuek Chhou
|
| 126,789
|-
| 07-08
| Kampot Municipality
|
| 38,950
|-
| 07-09
| Bokor Municipality
|
|
|}
Religion
Environment
thumb|right|upright=1.1|alt=Map of Kampot showing tree-cover loss years, with forest remaining since 2000 in green and loss years shaded yellow through purple.|Tree-cover loss year in Kampot, 2001-2024, from the [[Global Forest Change dataset.]]
Gallery
<gallery class="center" widths="160" heights="110">
File:Map Kampot Province.png|Map of Kampot province
File:Scenic View from Bokor Hill Station - Near Kampot - Cambodia - 04 (48528869996).jpg|View of the coast near Kampot from Bokor mountain (Phnom Bokor).
File:Station de Bokor. Falaise. Janvier 2014 @ Oobmak.jpg|The Dâmrei Mountains receives monsoon rainfalls, and keeps the eastern parts of the province in rain shadow.
File:Phong cảnh trên đỉnh núi Bokor.jpg|The highland plateaus in Phnom Bokor National Park
File:Farm in Kampot province.jpg|Farmlands
File:Sreyneang2.jpg|Kampot pepper farm
File:Fishing Boats on the Kampot River - 2012.JPG|Fishing boats on Kampot River
File:Phnom Chhnork (8258875098).jpg|Phnom Chhnork, cave temple near Kampot city
File:SwimmingCaveKompongTrach.JPG|Caves in Kampong Trach
</gallery>
References
External links
- The 2010 Kampot Provincial Investment Profile by USAID and the Provincial Administration
- Beyond Angkor: Historical Sites in Kampot Province*