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Oddar Meanchey province

Province of Cambodia

Summary

Province of Cambodia

Field	Value
name	Oddar Meanchey (Udon Meechai)
native_name	ឧត្ដរមានជ័យ
official_name	Oddar Meanchey Province
ខេត្តឧត្ដរមានជ័យ
native_name_lang	km
settlement_type	Province
image_skyline	Prasat Ta Muen Thom-3-HDC.jpg
image_caption	Prasat Ta Muen Thom in Oddar Meanchey Province
image_seal	Oddar Meanchey seal.png
image_map	Cambodia Oddar Meancheay locator map.svg
map_caption	Map of Cambodia highlighting Oddar Meanchey
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Oddar Meanchey in Cambodia
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
established_title	Provincial status
established_date	12 July 1964
established_title2	Re-established
established_date2	27 January 1995
seat_type	Capital
seat	Samraong
parts_type	Subdivisions
parts_style
parts	1 municipality; 4 districts
leader_party	CPP
leader_title	Governor
leader_name	Mean Chanyada
leader_title2	National Assembly
leader_name2
area_total_km2	6158
area_rank	Ranked 13th
population_footnotes
population_total	267,203
population_rank	17th
population_as_of	2024
population_density_rank	18th
population_density_km2	45
timezone1	ICT
utc_offset1	+07:00
area_code_type	Dialing code
area_code	+855
iso_code	KH-22

ខេត្តឧត្ដរមានជ័យ Oddar Meanchey (, UNGEGN: Ŏttâr Méanchoăy, ALA-LC: Uttar Mānjăy ; ) is a province of Cambodia in the remote northwest. It borders the provinces of Banteay Meanchey to the west, Siem Reap to the south and Preah Vihear to the east. Its long northern boundary demarcates part of Cambodia's international border with Thailand. The capital is Samraong. The final stronghold of Anlong Veng became the jungle headquarters of Pol Pot (Saloth Sâr) and the Khmer Rouge of Democratic Kampuchea once they rebuild their former bases in the jungle on 18 February 1994.

The province was created on 27 April 1999, after being carved from the northern half of Siem Reap province and part of Banteay Meanchey. It existed as a province already from 1962 to 1970 under Norodom Sihanouk's Sangkum regime, but later became an administrative no-man's-land, with its status alternating between a province and a district under successive regimes.

Etymology

Oddar Meanchey means 'victorious North' and the name represents to victory over siam when the province was returned to Cambodia in 1907 . The province's name is of Sanskrit origin through Pali and is derived from the words uttarā (उत्तर), meaning 'north', and jaya (जय) which means 'victory'. Khmer Mean (មាន) means 'to have'.

Administrative divisions

The province is subdivided into 1 municipality (krong) and 4 districts (srok), and further subdivided into 19 communes (khum) and 5 quarters (sangkat).

ISO
code	Name	Khmer	Subdivisions
— Municipality —
22-04	Samraong	សំរោង	5 sangkat
— District —
22-01	Anlong Veng	អន្លង់វែង	5 khum
22-02	Banteay Ampil	បន្ទាយអំពិល	4 khum
22-03	Chong Kal	ចុងកាល	4 khum
22-05	Trapeang Prasat	ត្រពាំងប្រាសាទ	6 khum

Ecology

This province is in the Dângrêk Mountains. There is a serious problem of deforestation in the area. However, the first community-based mosaic REDD+ project in Asia was awarded Verified Carbon Standard and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard validation for its forest conservation work in the province.

Forest fires are common in the dry forest and there is much illegal logging as a result of economic land concessions and migrant forest encroachment.

History

The mountainous and forested area that now makes up Oddar Meanchey province was part of Siamese province of Monthon Isan from 1795 to 1907 under the supervision of Sangkha. After the neighboring Thai province of Inner Cambodia and Oddar Meanchey were returned to Cambodia in 1907, King Sisowath split the province into Battambang and Siem Reap (Oddar Meanchey was included with Siem Reap). Following the Franco-Thai War from 1941 to 1946 the province was under Siamese administration as Phibunsongkhram province. The province was returned to Cambodian rule in 1946 following French diplomatic efforts at the end of World War II. The province was officially organized in 1966. During the Cambodian Civil War, the remote area was used as a base by the Khmer Rouge when they fought against the Khmer Republic led by general Lon Nol.

The Khmer Rouge of Democratic Kampuchea led by Pol Pot (Saloth Sâr) and Khieu Samphan rebuilt their former jungle bases in the Dangrek mountain range area, along the border with Thailand and made Anlong Veng their base from 1989 until 1997. Oddar Meanchey province is one of the most landmine-ridden areas in Cambodia.

References

(26 January 2021). "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019 – Final Results". [[Ministry of Planning (Cambodia).
[https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/coup-casinos-forgotten-frontier-oddar-meanchey ''From coup to casinos: the forgotten frontier of Oddar Meanchey .''] In: ''[[The Phnom Penh Post]].'' 6 July 2001.
"Cambodia Signs Avoided Deforestation Carbon Agreements for Voluntary Carbon Standard Project".
"FIRST COMMUNITY-BASED MOSAIC REDD+ PROJECT IN ASIA AWARDED VCS AND CCB VALIDATION".
"Community Forestry International - Oddar Meancheay".
[http://www.historytoday.com/george-horvath/thailands-war-vichy-france Thailand's War With Vichy France]
"The European Union's Projects in Cambodia". foodsecurity.gov.kh.

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