KANDAL PROVINCE

Kandal Province

Kandal (ខេត្តកណ្តាល) is one of Cambodia provinces located in the southeast portion of the country. It borders the provinces of Prey Veng and Takeo to the west, Kampong Cham to the north, Prey Veng to the east, and shares an international border with Vietnam to the south. Its capital and largest city is Ta Khmao, which is 20km south of Phnom Penh. Kandal is one of the more wealthier provinces in the country.



Geography:

Kandal Province completely surrounds the capital Phnom Penh. The province is also a part of the greater Phnom Penh Metropolitan Area with more than a million people living in and around the province. While traveling out of Phnom Penh, the boundary between the two provinces is nearly unrecognizable.
The province consists of the typical plain wet area, covering rice fields and other agricultural plantations. The average altitude of the province is no more than 10 meters above sea level. The province also features two of the biggest rivers in the country, the Bassac and Mekong Rivers.

Climate:
The province has a warm and humid tropical climate. The monsoon season normally begins in May and runs through October, while the rest of the year is the dry season. The warmest period of the year
occurs between March and May, while the coolest period is from November through March.

Area:
3,658 km²

Population:
The current population in this province is about 1,280,781 people or 9% of the country’s total population (14,363,519 person in Cambodia, 2007, provincial government data), with 621,948 male and 658,833 female. The population density is therefore 359 people per square kilometer.

Economy:
Kandal Province serves as an economic belt of the capital Phnom Penh. Farming and fishing are the two main industries of the province. Major products include palm oil, peanuts, rice, and pepper. In addition to farming and fishing, the province also supports thriving cottage industries that specialize in wood carving, silk, and handicrafts. Many garment factories are located in Kandal Province, which hires more than 500,000 workers.

Popular Tourists Vocation Resorts in Kompong Cham Province:
Beside of the metropolitan province in Cambodia, Kandal province also the historical and cultural province related to amazing kings which built a lot of pagodas for prayer and dedicated to ancient hero kings, religion also as we can sightseeing like Phnom Udong (Phnom Preah Reach Trap), Phnom Athareus (Phnom Preah Chetreus), Phnom Prasith, Wat Phnom Thon Mond, Saang Phnom, Wat Pumpek, Wat Angkor Chey, Wat Kean Svay Krau, Handicraft Center (Mekong Island).