  banteay meanchey (,  "fortress of victory") is a province (khaet) of cambodia located in the far northwest. it borders the provinces of oddar meanchey and siem reap to the east, battambang to the south, and shares an international border with thailand to the west. its capital and largest city is serei saophoan. banteay meanchey is the 13th largest province in cambodia. with a population of 678,033, it ranks as the 10th largest in the nation. the town of poipet in the western part of the province is an international border crossing into thailand. banteay meanchey is one of the nine provinces that is
Provinces_of_Cambodia