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BANTEAY MEANCHEY
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BANTEAY MEANCHEY PHOTOS |
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| QUICK GUIDANCE |
| The breathtaking landscapes, beautiful coastlines, cultural delights and historical significance, make Cambodia an enjoyable stop in Asia travel map. To help you plan a trip in Banteay Meanchey - Cambodia, we provide the useful guide of hotel options, package tours, transport, attractions, shopping and entertainment. You just click the sections below for helpful information. |
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BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCE OVERVIEW |
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Capital: Sisophon
Location: northwest
Area: 6,679 km2
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Population: 577,772
Density: 86.5 /km2 |
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| Mongkol Borei ,Phnum Srok ,Preah Netr Preah, Ou Chrov ,Serei Saophoan ,Thma Puok ,Svay Chek li,Malai |
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| General Information
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Located in the northwest of the country, Banteay Meanchey is one of Cambodia's newest provinces, created in the 1980s from the northern chunk of Battambang. The name means
"Fortress of Victory" and may refer to the fact that it was one area of Battambang Province that the government was able to control during the long civil war, as there are few mountains in the province. Traditionally, rice and staple fruit and vegetables have been grown in Banteay Meanchey. However, thanks to a shared border with Thailand, new opportunities are emerging for trade and several locals-only borders are fast developing as centers of commerce. Poipet has found the best niche of all as the gambling center of Cambodia and there are now six major casinos and counting.
The trip in the province is improving fast. The nightmare road from Poipet through Sisophon to Siem Reap has been rebuilt, while NH5 south to Battambang is in reasonable shape within the provincial borders, but not thereafter. Several secondary roads have been upgraded, including the one from Sisophon north to the massive Angkorian era complex of Banteay Chhmar, Banteay Meanchey's leading attraction.
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BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCE PEOPLE |
| Today, almost half the people in the region are returnees or displaced Cambodians. Food insecurity is widespread. Returning refugees and internally displaced Cambodians are often in precarious positions because they have lost all possessions – homes, livestock and farmland – and they have no assets to help themselves establish themselves in their new home.
To make up for their lack of income, villagers often resort to hunting and fishing in protected areas or foraging for wild vegetables in forests littered with landmines along the Thai border.
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GETTING IN - OUT
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* Train: The train from Battambang arrives in Sisophan sometime between 10:00 - 11:00 am (usually). The trip takes around 3.5 hours, which is about double the time that the share taxi takes, but unlike most things in life, it's free! This won't last for long as the poor Khmers are paying while we are not. The government just hasn't organized the train service for tourists yet.
* Road: The Sisophon to Siem Reap road is a terrible bomb cratered road that you will need to go slowly on, unless you are a moto-cross maniac. The Sisophan to Battambang road is fairly decent in certain stretches, not so nice in others, but definitely the better of the two roads. The Sisophon to Poipet stretch has some pretty fair stretches for a motorcycle, with other stretches having some humps in the road that are big enough to make any roller-coaster operator envious.
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GETTING AROUND
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BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCE RESOURCES |
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Climate
The weather condition as below Temperature: 21.10oC – 32.40oC (Year 2002). Rain fall: 885.30 mm/year (to 08/9/2002). Evaporation: 4.41 mm/day (July 2002) 3.37 mm/day ((August 2002). Humidity: NA. Wind velocity: 3 m/s (May 2002) 2.9 m/s (June 2002) 2.5 m/s (July 2002 ) 3.1 m/s (August 2002)
Border Crossing
The gate of Aranyaprathet, Thailand - Poipet , Cambodia is the most convenient borer crossing for anyone to plan an overland trip from Thailand to Siem Reap. The border gate is open from 8h00 to 20h00. The Cambodia visas and Thai transit visas available on arrival at the border .
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BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCE ECONOMY |
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Banteay Meanchey is predominantly rural and conditions are difficult for the vast majority of the province's residents. There is very little industry and, as a consequence of the long civil war, a large proportion of the working age population lacks education and skills. |
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