Buddhist temple in Steung Treng Province
Steung Treng (Khmer: ស្ទឹងត្រែង, IPA: [stɘŋ traeːŋ] "River of Reeds"; Lao: ຊຽງແຕງ Xiang Taeng; Thai: เชียงแตง Chiang Taeng "City of Melons") is a province (khaet) of Cambodia located in the northwest. It borders the provinces of Ratanakiri to the east, Mondulkiri and Kratie to the south and Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear to the west. Its northern boundary is Cambodia's international border with Laos. The Mekong river crosses the province roughly through the center.
History of Stung Treng
Stung Treng was first a part of the Khmer Empire, then the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang and later the Lao kingdom of Champassack. After the Franco-Siamese war of 1893, Chiang Taeng (Stung Treng) was administated by French Lower Laos from 1893-1904. In 1904 the province was traded by French Laos for the exchange for Champassak in French Protectorate of Cambodia which left a small minorities of Laotians in Cambodia.
Owing to its border location and forested mountain areas in the northeast of the province, there was much communist guerrilla activity in Stung Treng during Cambodia's recent past. The insurgency lasted from the Vietnamese infiltration in the 1950s until the late Khmer Rouge years.[2]
Administration
Stung Treng Province's capital is Stung Treng town.
The province is subdivided into 5 districts.
- 1901 Sesan - សេសាន (Lao: ເຊຊານ)
- 1902 Siem Bouk - សៀមបូក
- 1903 Siem Pang - សៀមប៉ាង (Lao: ແສນປາງ; Thai: แสนปาง, เสียมพัง)
- 1904 Stung Treng - ស្ទឹងត្រែង (Lao: ຊຽງແຕງ; Thai: เชียงแตง, สะตึงแตรง)
- 1905 Thala Barivat - ថាឡាបារីវ៉ាត់ (Thai: ธาราบริวัตร)
Notable People
References
Cambodia
Champasak, Laos
