NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sihanoukville

Sihanoukville, also known as Kampong Som, or Kampong Saom, is a port city in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. The city was founded in 1964 to be the only deep water port in Cambodia and its beaches are making it more popular as a tourist destination. According to the Royal Government of Cambodia some 320,000 tourists visited Sihanoukville in 2006, up by 30 percent from 2005.^{[citation needed]} The city is named after King Norodom Sihanouk. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... ISO 3166-2 for Cambodia (ISO 3166-1 : KH) The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... The Gulf of Thailand is a gulf located in the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean), surrounded by the countries Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Time in office: Apr. ...

The town is increasingly popular with former residents of Pattaya forced to leave by changes in Thailand's tourist visa rules in 2006. Many bars in the centre of town and on Victory Hill (also known as Weather Station Hill) cater to a mixed clientele of older white men and young asian women.^{[citation needed]} In 1994, the town was the location where three western backpackers were kidnapped and killed by the Khmer Rouge, which affected tourism in the area for many years after.^{[citation needed]} Pattaya (Thai: , RTGS: Phatthaya) is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand ( ), about 165 km southeast of Bangkok in the province of Chon Buri. ... The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: ) was the Communist party that ruled Cambodia -- which it renamed to Democratic Kampuchea -- from 1975 to 1979. ...

The city is served by Sihanoukville International Airport. The planned flights between Sihanoukville and Siem Reap may encourage visitors to Angkor temples in Siem Reap to extend their stay. However, Sihanoukville remains an unattractive destination compared to neighboring Thailand and the majority of the recent development in the region is fueled by greed and the proceeds of transhipping narcotics through its port.^{[citation needed]} Sihanoukville International Airport (IATA: KOS, ICAO: VDSV), located 15 km east of Sihanoukville, is Cambodias third international airport. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Angkor was the site of a series of capital cities that is rk of the Khmer empire for much of the period from the 9th century to the 15th century CE. (The angkor people relyed on the jungle for protection and food. ...

Geography

Sihanoukville is a low lying town with beaches and tropical islands off its south and west coast. Beaches that line the west contour of the city from north to south are Victory Beach, Lamherkay Beach, Koh Pos Beach, Independence Beach, Sokha beach, Serendipity Beach and Occheuteal Beach. The most popular beaches are Occheuteal, Sokha, Independence and Victory. Tourist can take water taxis to the nearby islands for diving, snorkeling, and game fishing.

Occheuteal Beach and Serendipity Beach

Occheuteal Beach is a long and narrow strip of beach lined with Casuarina trees, grass umbrellas, rental chairs and little drink huts. Many huts were bulldozed by the government to make way for a supposed new resort.^{[citation needed]} At the northern end is Serendipity Beach, the most popular beach with western tourists. Serendipity beach offers small guesthouse rooms right on the beach. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 490 pixel Image in higher resolution (805 Ã— 493 pixel, file size: 58 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sihanoukville ... Selected species Casuarina cunninghamiana Casuarina equisetifolia Casuarina glauca Casuarina is a genus of shrubs and trees in the Family Casuarinaceae, native to Australia and islands of the Pacific. ...

Sokha Beach

Sokha Beach is located just west of Serendipity Beach . This beach is privately owned by Sokha Beach Hotel, the first five-star luxury beach hotel in Cambodia. It provides many facilities with a wide white sandy beach, but hotel guards may prevent visitors who are not guests from going on to the beach.

Independence Beach

Independence Beach is located next to Sokha Beach on its west. The beach was named after the old Independence Hotel. This beach offers a good stretch of clean sand. Situated at the northern end of the beach is Independence Hotel and Koh Pos Beach with a tiny island only 800m off the coast. Koh Pos is known for its rock strewn shoreline.

Victory Beach

Victory beach is situated at the furthest north of the peninsula of Sihanoukville . It was the original backpacker beach and still popular with budget travelers. At the northern end of the beach is located the deep sea port. Thus, apart from white sand and blue sea, this beach offers a good spot to enjoy the scenes of sunset.

At the further south of Victory Beach is another small strand of sand called Lamherkey Beach where the Hawaii Seaview Restaurant is located. It is the place where a French/ Cambodian construction team laid groundwork for the construction of the new Port of Kampong Som during 1950s. At this beach, you can hire a boat to nearby islands.

Islands

There are more than a dozen islands off the coast of Sihanoukville for tourists to hop around. Most of them are yet to be developed for an overnight stay with the exception of Bamboo Island or Koh Russei in Khmer. Many guesthouses, restaurants and cafes on Ochteal Teal Serendipity beach offer trips and packages to these islands. Bamboo Island, Cambodia, is a small island situated about 10 km from the port city of Sihanoukville, in southern Cambodia. ...

Soon Nail Island (also called Magic Island because it looks like a mushroom) will have a hotel run by the russian owners of the snake house. They already have a pier and most of the hotel and restaurant are finished.

Koh Rong

Koh Rong is situated west of the Sihanoukville coast. It offers the fantastic strand of beach on its southwest, stretching about 5 km. It has fresh water resources on the island and a bustling fishing community on the southeast with basic supplies including fresh water, fish and crab.

Koh Rong Samlon

Koh Rong Samlon is a bit smaller than Koh Rong and situated on its south. Beautiful beaches are on the east coast, where a large heart-shaped bay with some shellfish cultivation is located, and on the north shoreline facing Koh Rong. Beaches is a 1988 movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. ... In geography, a bay or gulf is a collection of water that is surrounded by land on three sides. ... Cooked mussels Shellfish is a term used to describe shelled molluscs and crustaceans used as food. ...

Koh Tang

Koh Tang is located quite far from the main shoreline of Sihanoukville. Going there needs trippers to stay overnight on board. It offers interesting diving spots most of which are not frequently explored. The island is home to a military outpost and travelers should expect to be boarded by military personnel when out at the island.

Administration

For administrative purposes Sihanoukville is a municipality, holding the same status as a province. It is subdivided into 3 districts.

Sister cities

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References

See also

Sihanoukville International Airport (IATA: KOS, ICAO: VDSV), located 15 km east of Sihanoukville, is Cambodias third international airport. ...

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Provinces of Cambodia

Provinces: Banteay Meanchey • Battambang • Kampong Cham • Kampong Chhnang • Kampong Speu • Kampong Thom • Kampot • Kandal • Koh Kong • Kratié • Mondulkiri • Oddar Meancheay • Pursat • Preah Vihear • Prey Veng • Ratanakiri • Siam Reap • Stung Treng • Svay Rieng • Takéo
Municipalities: Kep • Phnom Penh • Sihanoukville (Kampong Som) • Pailin Wikitravel is a project to create an open content, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide travel guide. ... Cambodia is subdivided into 20 provinces (ខេត្ត = khet) and 4 province-level municipalities (ក្រុង = krong). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cambodia. ... Banteay Meanchey is a Cambodian province. ... Battambang (also Batdambang) is a province of Cambodia. ... Kampong Cham is a province in the east of Cambodia. ... Kampong Chhnang is a central province of Cambodia. ... Kampong Speu is a province of Cambodia. ... Kampong Thom is a province of Cambodia. ... Kampot is a southern province of Cambodia. ... Kandal is a province of Cambodia. ... Koh Kong (KhÃ©tt KaÃ´h KÅng, KhÃªt KaÃ´h KÅng before 1996) is a province of Cambodia. ... KratiÃ© is a province of Cambodia. ... Mondulkiri is an eastern province of Cambodia. ... Oddar Meanchey is a province of Cambodia. ... Pursat is a province in the west of Cambodia. ... Preah Vihear is a northern province of Cambodia. ... Prey Veng is a province of Cambodia. ... Ratanakiri is a province in the northeast of Cambodia. ... Siem Reap, is a province located in northwestern Cambodia, on the shores of the Tonle Sap lake. ... Stung Treng is a northern province of Cambodia. ... Svay Rieng is a province in the southeast of Cambodia. ... TakÃ©o is a province of Cambodia. ... Kep (also known as Keb) is a municipality in Cambodia with the status of a province. ... City motto: No motto City proper Province Phnom Penh Mayor Kep Chuktema ( ) Area 376 kmÂ² Population 2,009,264(2006) Density 5343. ... Pailin is a city (krong) in the west of of Cambodia near the border of Thailand. ...

Coordinates: 10°38′N, 103°30′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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