Laming

Laming
ឡាមិញ
—  Commune  —
Laming
Location within Cambodia
Coordinates: [1]
Country  Cambodia
Province Ratanakiri Province
District Bar Kaev
Villages 5
Population (1998)
 • Total 2,622
Time zone UTC+07

Laming (also transliterated Laminh) (Khmer: ឡាមិញ) is a commune in Bar Kaev District in northeast Cambodia. It contains five villages and has a population of 2,622.[2]

In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party.[3] Land alienation is a severe problem in Laming.[4] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Villages

Village[2][5] Population[2]
(1998)
Sex ratio[2]
(male/female)
(1998)
Number of
households[2]
(1998)
Trom (ត្រុំ) 675 0.92 147
Su (ស៊ូ) 212 0.88 49
Nhal (or Nhol) (ញល) 328 0.91 67
Khmang (ខ្មាំង) 285 0.85 58
Phum Muoy (ភូមិ ១) and/or Phum Pram[6]

References

  1. ^ http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp
  2. ^ a b c d e "Final Population Totals, Rotanak Kiri Province, 1998". Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. http://www.stats.nis.gov.kh/CENSUSES/villagegaz/p16.pdf. Retrieved June 6, 2008. 
  3. ^ "Official Results of the 2007 Commune Councils Election in Ratank Kiri". [sic] National Election Committee, No 4.58/07 NEC.SG.PIB. April 18, 2007. http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/2007/Official%20results/24provinces/16%20Ratanak%20Kiri.pdf. Retrieved June 6, 2008. 
  4. ^ "Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia". NGO Forum on Cambodia. August 2006. http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Land_Alienation_draft.pdf. Retrieved June 6, 2008. 
  5. ^ "Commune name: Ratanak Kiri (រតនគីរី)". Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. http://www.cambodia.gov.kh/unisql1/egov/english/province/ratanakiri.html. Retrieved June 6, 2008. 
  6. ^ The fifth village in Laming is called Phum Muoy here and here, but is called Phum Pram here. The editor of this article does not know if these are two different villages or if they are the same village.