Preah Vihear Province

Preah Vihear (,  "Sacred Sanctuary") is a province (khaet) o Cambodie. It mairches the provinces o Oddar Meanchey an Siem Reap tae the east, Kampong Thom tae the sooth an Stung Treng tae the wast. It's northren boondary forms pairt o Cambodie's internaitional mairch wi Thailand an Laos. The caipital is Phnom Tbeng Meanchey toun.

Description
The province is namit efter the temple o Prasat Preah Vihear. The Dângrêk Muntains an the Cambodie/Thailand border are locatit in the north o Preah Vihear Province.

Preah Vihear is ane o the nine provinces that is pairt o the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve.http://www.tsbr-ed.org

Several Wastren govrenments hae issued travel warnins tae their citizens advisin no tae travel tae this province due tae an ongoin border dispute atween Cambodie an Thailand. The Govrenment o Canadae haes advised "Armed forces from both countries are engaged in this ongoing dispute. There have been reports of exchanges of gunfire in the area. Tensions are extremely high and military hostilities could escalate without warning." 

Admeenistration

The province is subdividit intae 7 destricts.
 1301 - Chey Saen - 
 1302 - Chhaeb - 
 1303 - Chaom Khsant - 
 1304 - Kulen - 
 1305 - Rovieng - 
 1306 - Sangkom Thmei - 
 1307 - Tbeng Meanchey - 

Steids
 Koh Ker complex: Koh Ker wis ance the caipital ceety o Khmer Empire
 Bakan or Preah Khan Kompong Svay complex: 105 kilometres soothwast o the provincial toun, biggit unner the reign o King Suryavarman I (1002–1050)
 Noreay Temples: five 7t century temples made o Sandstane, laterite an brick, 32 kilometres northeast o the toun. Biggit in the 7t century
 Phnom Pralean temple: a temple biggit tae wirship Brahmanism, on top o a 180 metres hill
 Neak Buos temple: 75 kilometres north o Tbaeng Meanchey
 Krapum Chhouk temple: biggit in the 10t century in laterite an stane, 45 kilometres sooth o Tbaeng Meanchey
 Kork Beng temple: a ruined laterite an sandstane temple biggit atween 936 an 951 bi a commander namit Kork on the order o King Jayavarman IV
 Wat Peung Preah Ko: a place o wirship in bonnie natural surroondins believit tae possess strang supernatural pouers.
 Preah Vihear Temple: biggit in the 12t century, locatit atween Thailand an Cambodie. It wis leetit as Warld Heritage Steid in 2008.

References

Freemit airtins
 Preah-Vihear.com  - Preah Vihear Temple an the Thai's Misunnerstaundin o the Warld Court Judgment o 15 Juin 1962



Category:Provinces o Cambodie