Serei Saophoan (city)
Serei Saophoan
សិរីសោភ័ណ Sisophon | |
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| Roundabout in the centre of Serei Saophoan (September 2022) Roundabout in the centre of Serei Saophoan (September 2022) | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia |
| Province | Banteay Meanchey |
| Municipality | Serei Saophoan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hil Raya |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 99,019 |
| • Rank | 4th |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (ICT) |
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Serei Saophoan (Khmer: សិរីសោភ័ណ [serəj saopʰɔən]) is the capital and largest city of the Banteay Meanchey Province and the fourth most populous city in Cambodia. The city separates Cambodia's National Highway 5 and National Highway 6. Its administrative name is "Serei Sophon" as used by the government. The more commonly used name Sisophon is derived from the Thai pronunciation Si Sophon when it was under Thai rule. Another nickname "Svay" is used mainly by truck drivers, train drivers and workers transporting goods. The origin of the word "Svay" is unknown.
Its population was 61,482 in the 1998 census, changing little to 61,631 in the 2008 census having been overtaken by Poipet in size.[2]
About forty minutes from Sisophon there is a Khmer Angkor temple ruin called Banteay Chmar which was built during the reign of Jayavarman VII in the late 12th to early 13th century.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Ted Ngoy, the "Donut King"
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ http://www.citypopulation.de/Cambodia.html Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Citypopulation.de Cambodia
External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Sisophon travel guide from Wikivoyage
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