Oddar Meanchey

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 much of the 1980s and 1990s. Nearly all of Banteay Meanchey’s 840000 residents are farmers, they do their living by fishing, rice field and platation, although the improving economy has led to investment since 2003.

Oddar Meanchey Travel