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Kompong Cham

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kompong Cham , city (1971 est. pop. 35,000), capital of Kompong Cham prov., SE Cambodia, a port on the Mekong River. The third largest city in Cambodia, it has a large textile factory, built with aid from the People's Republic of China. Major irrigation projects, started after the revolution in 1975, have improved the area's agricultural production. Author not available, KOMPONG CHAM. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Hun Sen
...hamlet in Cambodia's southeastern Kompong Cham province, which borders Vietnam...farming work with his family in Kompong Cham and underground organizational...area included his home province of Kompong Cham. On April 17, 1975, the victorious... Read more

Pol Pot
Pol Pot Born: May 19, 1928 Kompong Thom, Cambodia Died: April 15, 1998 Near Anlong Veng, Cambodia...some seventy miles from Prek Sbau, the small hamlet in Kompong Thom province where Pol Pot was born. Visits by court officials...mechanical or scientific subjects are taught) in the town of Kompong ... Read more

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	Broken bullets and old bones. (Cambodia) ; KOMPONG CHAM, CAMBODIA - Look for any peculiar marks in the ground or depressions, United States Army Maj. James Moye instructs his men. The... Read more
	Shock in Cambodia - nobody killed. (elections) ; ...began at eight in the morning in Kompong Cham, the country's most populous province...hinged on any one province, it was Kompong Cham--the home of Hun Sen, the prime...It did not happen. Violence in Kompong Cham was limited to occasional incidents... Read more
	Tense Cambodian Hamlet Musters Courage for Vote ; ...center about 15 miles north of the Kompong Cham provincial capital. With a force...not wanting to linger too long. Kompong Cham is Cambodia's most populous province...province, are active in all but one of Kompong Cham's 16 districts, U.N. officials... Read more
	Bridge to Be Built Over Mekong River ; ...for the bridge Wednesday at the construction site in Kompong Cham Province. The 1,360-meter-long and 12.2-meter-wide bridge is being constructed in Kompong Cham town, 125 kilometers east of here. It will be the first... Read more
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	Around the world: Mourners hurt in blast.(News) ; FIVE mourners were injured when a funeral pyre they built to cremate a deceased relative mysteriously exploded in Cambodia. Three children sustained burns in the incident which occurred in Kompong Cham province, 45 miles northeast of Phnom Penh. Read more

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