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Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville
ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ | |
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Sihanoukville skyline Golden Lions Roundabout Statue of Preah Thong Neang Neak Jin Bei Casino Snake Island bridge | |
 Sihanoukville city's urban area (yellow) in Sihanoukville Municipality (red) and Sihanoukville Province (purple) | |
  Sihanoukville Location of Sihanoukville City in Cambodia | |
| Coordinates: 10°37′30″N 103°31′07″E / 10.62500°N 103.51861°E | |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Province | Preah Sihanouk |
| Municipality | Preah Sihanouk |
| Established | 22 November 1957[1] |
| Named for | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sar Kackada (CPP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 195.9 km2 (75.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (45 ft) |
| Population (2019)[3] | |
• Total |  73,036 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Urban |  66,723 |
| • Urban density | 834/km2 (2,160/sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 89,846 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 18000 |
| Area code | 034 |
Sihanoukville (Khmer: ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ, Krŏng Preăh Seihănŭ [kroŋ prĕəh səjhanuʔ]), also known as Kampong Saom (Khmer: កំពង់សោម, Kâmpóng Saôm [kɑmpɔŋ saom]) or Preah Sihanouk (Khmer: ព្រះសីហនុ, Preăh Seihănŭ [prĕəh səjhanuʔ]), is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand. The city has a string of beaches along its coastline and coastal marshlands bordering Ream National Park in the east. It has one navigable river, the mangrove-lined Ou Trojak Jet, running from Otres Pagoda to the sea at Otres. Several sparsely inhabited islands under Sihanoukville's administration are near the city.[4]
The city was named in honor of the former king Norodom Sihanouk and as of 2008 had a population of around 89,800 and approximately 66,700 in its urban center.[5] It encompasses the greater part of six communes (Sangkats) in Sihanoukville Province. It has evolved parallel to the construction of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, which commenced in 1955, as the country's gateway to direct and unrestricted international sea trade. Cambodia's only deep-water port, it includes an oil terminal and a transport logistics facility.[6] The city has developed into the country's primary hub for coastal tourism, including as a gambling destination.
- ^ "Sihanoukville History Book". Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Sihanoukville Administration". sihanoukville.gov.kh (in Khmer). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019 – Final Results" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. Ministry of Planning. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Administrative Areas in Sihanoukville Municipality by District and Commune" (PDF). Statistics Japan. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ "General Population Census of Cambodia 2008" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ Philpotts, Robert (March 2006). A Port for Independence. UK: Blackwater Books. p. 18. ISBN 2-9513524-0-9.
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