Place
Svay Rieng
ស្វាយរៀង
Svay Rieng (ស្វាយរៀង)[1] is a province in southeastern Cambodia, on the border with Vietnam and on National Road No. 1 between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City.[2] Its capital is Svay Rieng.[2]
Geography
A 2014 provincial investment profile places Svay Rieng on National Road No. 1, part of the highway network of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 125 kilometers (78 miles) from Phnom Penh and 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Ho Chi Minh City.[2] The same profile gives its borders as Prey Veng province to the west and north, and the Vietnamese provinces of Tay Ninh to the east and Long An to the south.[2] It names two international crossings into Vietnam. One runs from Bavet to Moc Bai. The other runs from Prey Lavea, in Kampong Rou district, to Ben Heap.[2]
The land is a plain.[2] The 2014 profile gives temperatures of 24 to 35 °C (75 to 95 °F) and rainfall of 1,600 millimeters (63 inches) a year.[2] Sources give different areas for the province. The 2014 profile gives 2,848.85 square kilometers (1,100 square miles).[2] The report on the 2019 census gives 2,966 square kilometers (1,145 square miles).[3] A 2009 provincial data book gives a total land area of 274,049 hectares (about 2,740 square kilometers or 1,058 square miles) by district in mid-2009.[4]
Districts
In the 2019 census the province had two krong, or cities, Svay Rieng and Bavet, and six districts: Chantrea, Kampong Rou, Romeas Haek, Rumduol, Svay Chrum and Svay Teab.[3][2] The 2009 data book lists Bavet among the province's eight districts in mid-2009.[4] The 2014 profile counts two cities, six districts, 12 sangkats, 68 communes and 690 villages.[2]
People
The 2019 census counted 525,497 people in the province, against 482,788 in the 2008 census.[3] Its population density was 163 people per square kilometer in 2008 and 177 in 2019, and the census report names Svay Rieng among the provinces with at least 150 people per square kilometer in 2019.[3] The 2009 data book, drawing on a different count, gives 535,656 people in 2005 and 563,582 in 2008.[4] The 2014 profile gives an undated population figure of 579,015.[2] In 2019, 99.8 percent of the province's people were Buddhist, against 99.7 percent in 2008.[3]
Economy
The 2009 data book records that about 90 percent of families in the province had farming, nearly all of it rice farming, as their main occupation in 2008.[4] The 2014 profile gives 202,454 hectares of cultivated land, of which 183,761 hectares were rice paddy, and writes that 91.15 percent of the province's people worked in agriculture.[2]
The same profile names three special economic zones near the border at Bavet. The Manhattan zone, of 175 hectares, had operated since 2006 under a Taiwanese developer. The Tai Seng zone, of 130 hectares, had operated since 2008, and the Dragon King zone, of 120 hectares, was under development.[2] The profile writes that many light manufacturing factories had moved to the zones, and it counts 17 factories at Manhattan and 8 at Tai Seng, with more under construction.[2] Separately, it lists the province's major industries as garments and textiles, shoe and glove factories, mattress making, bicycle assembly, packaging, souvenir making and small rice mills.[2] The profile also names the So Nguon dry port at Bavet and casinos, hotels and recreation sites that drew more than 670,000 tourists a month.[2]
Places
The 2014 profile names Prey Basak, 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) from the provincial capital, where ancient ruins stand in deep forest. It also names Chi Hor, which it describes as a temple more than 1,000 years old in thick forest.[2] Wat Pothi Udom (វត្តពោធិ៍ឧត្ដម), also called Wat Andoung Trabaek, stands in Andoung Trabaek (អណ្ដូងត្របែក) commune, Romeas Haek district.[1] In August 2026 the Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, Phoeurng Sackona, brought rainy-season candles and offerings there for monks from seven Wats.[1]
Other Wats in the province that have KhmerConnection pages, by district:
- Bavet: Wat Nigrodharam, Wat Prey Angkunh and Wat Ta Noy
- Chantrea: Wat Prey Khlot and Wat Tip Aram
- Kampong Rou: Wat Koh Andet and Wat Svay Botum
- Romeas Haek: Wat Ballang Chea, Wat Doung, Wat Tong Reach Thmei and Wat Tras
- Rumduol: Wat Chey Muni, Wat Lakkha Reacha, Wat Sangkae, Wat Thmei and Wat Tung Meas
- Svay Chrum: Wat Lngoen, Wat Serei Sophea, Wat Svay Chrum and Wat Ta Prohm
- Svay Rieng: Wat Chumpou Pruksa, Wat Prey Chhlak and Wat Santepheap
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, លោកជំទាវបណ្ឌិតសភាចារ្យ ភឿង សកុណា អញ្ជើញប្រគេនទៀនចំណាំព្រះវស្សា និងទេយ្យទាន ដល់ព្រះសង្ឃចំនួន ៧វត្ត មកពីឃុំចំនួន២ ក្នុងស្រុករមាសហែក ខេត្តស្វាយរៀង (August 3, 2026; in Khmer)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Open Development Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province: Investment Information (2014)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 National Institute of Statistics, General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019: Final Report (undated)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development, Svay Rieng Data Book 2009 (October 2009)