Prey Veng (Khmer: ព្រៃវែង, Prey Vêng [prɨj.ʋɛːŋ]; lit. 'high forest') is a province of Cambodia. The capital is Prey Veng. The province is bordered by those of Kampong Cham to the northwest, Tbong Khmum to the northeast, Kandal to the west, and Svay Rieng to the east and by Vietnam (Đồng Tháp, Long An and Tây Ninh) or Kampuchea Krom (Phsar Dek, Kampong Kho and Rong Domrey) to the south. It is crossed by two major rivers of the country, namely the Mekong and Tonle Bassac.

Population

The total population is 947,357 persons or 7.07% of the total population of 13,388,910 persons in Cambodia.[3]

Districts

Golden rice field in Prey Veng province
Golden rice field in Prey Veng province

The province contains 1139 villages organized by 116 communes and 12 districts and 1 municipality. The districts are:

ISO code District Khmer
14–01 Ba Phnum ស្រុកបាភ្នំ
14–02 Kamchay Mear ស្រុកកំចាយមារ
14–03 Kampong Trabaek ស្រុកកំពង់ត្របែក
14–04 Kanhchriech ស្រុកកញ្ជ្រៀច
14–05 Me Sang ស្រុកមេសាង
14–06 Peam Chor ស្រុកពាមជរ
14–07 Peam Ro ស្រុកពាមរក៍
14–08 Pea Reang ស្រុកពារាំង
14–09 Preah Sdach ស្រុកព្រះស្ដេច
14–10 Prey Veng Municipality ក្រុងព្រៃវែង
14–11 Pur Rieng ស្រុកពោធិ៍រៀង
14–12 Sithor Kandal ស្រុកស៊ីធរកណ្ដាល
14–13 Svay Antor[citation needed] ស្រុកស្វាយអន្ទរ

Religion

Religion in Prey Veng (2019 census)[4]
  1. Buddhism (99.5%)
  2. Islam (0.20%)
  3. Christianity (0.30%)
  4. Animism and Other religions (0.00%)

References

Sources

Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_Veng_Province