
[[Oddar Meanchey]] is situated on Thai Northwest border and is of the smallest provinces of Cambodia's provinces. It has been said that the Oddar Meanchey means Victory Province and the provincial capital is called Samraong. This area was formerly known as Phanomsok, a province of Thailand, which was ceded to French Indochina in 1906, and now remains a part of Cambodia. This province is also a recent creation that was carved out of Siem Reap Province, which the government did not control for muc...
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