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Coordinates: 11°23′57″N, 103°29′41″E
Koh Kong (Khétt Kaôh Kŏng, Khêt Kaôh Kŏng before 1996) is a province of Cambodia. The name means "Kŏng Island Province". Its capital is Krŏng Kaôh Kŏng.
Logging in Koh Kong Province
The province is subdivided into 8 districts (srŏk).
The most south-western province of Cambodia, Koh Kong has a long undeveloped coastline and a mountainous, forested and largely inaccessible interior which embraces part of the Cardamom Mountains. Its tourist attractions include casinos and waterfalls, while an Export Processing Zone and new port facilities are being developed for trade.
The province is an increasingly popular gateway to Cambodia from Hat Lek in southern Thailand, in part due to the reasonably direct access to the port and beach resort town of Sihanoukville. While this was previously a gruelling journey by boat and pickup on rough roads using small ferries at river crossings, the donation by the Thai government of new road infrastructure is improving access greatly.
The easternmost of the four new bridges (Dec. 2007)
The first stage in 2002 was a long 1.9km toll bridge across the Kah Bpow River giving road access from the border to the town of Krŏng Kaôh Kŏng. In 2007 a new sealed road (National Route 48) has been completed from the town to Sre Ambel on the Phnom Phen to Sihanoukville highway, with the exception of a series of four bridges which should be completed and opened by late 2008. In the meantime vehicular ferries are still in use, including at sites where two of the bridges have been completed.
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