Prey Veng Province

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A rice field in Prey Veng
A rice field in Prey Veng
Prey Veng
ព្រៃវែង
Statistics
Country: Flag of Cambodia Cambodia
Division: Province
Area: 4,883 km²
Inhabitants: 946,042 (1998)
Pop. density: 193.7 inh./km²
ISO 3166-2: KH-14
Map
Map of Cambodia highlighting Prey Veng Province

Prey Veng is a province of Cambodia. Its capital is Prey Veng.

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[edit] Land area

The total land area is about 4,883 km² that equal to 2.70% of the total land area of Cambodia (181,035 km²), which consisting of 445.18 km² or 9.12% are human settlements, 3,100 km² 63.49% are agriculture land areas, 194.61 km² or 3.99% are forest areas, 1,082.86 km² or 22.18% are public land, infrastructures and water bodies, and the remaining 60.35 km² or 1.24 % are nonused areas.

[edit] Population

The total population is 1,025,331 person or 7.64% of the total population 13,413,892 person in Cambodia (2001, provincial government data) with growth rate 2.40%, which consisting of 483,759 person or 47.18% are male and 541,572 person or 52.82% of female. In the above number are also consisting of 825,818 person or 80.54% are farmers, 140,685 person or 13.72% are fishermen, 44,561 person or 4,35% are traders, 14,267 person or 1.39% are government’s officers.

The average density 209.98 person per km².

[edit] Districts

A market in Neak Leoung
A market in Neak Leoung

The province is subdivided into 12 districts.

[edit] Source

Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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