Veal Veng ស្រុកវាលវែង Veal Veaeng | |
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  Veal Veng Location in Cambodia | |
| Coordinates:12°22′N103°15′E / 12.367°N 103.250°E /12.367; 103.250 | |
| Country |  Cambodia |
| Province | Pursat |
| Communes | 5 |
| Villages | 20 |
| Population (1998)[1] | |
• Total | 57,523 |
| Time zone | +7 |
| Geocode | 1506 |
Veal Veng (orVeal Veaeng),Khmer:ស្រុកវាលវែង, is a district inPursat Province,Cambodia. The district capital is Pramoey town located 109 km (68 mi) by road fromNational Highway Number 5.
Veal Veang shares a border withBattambang Province to the north,Thailand to the west,Koh Kong Province to the south and the Pursat districts ofPhnum Kravanh andBakan to the east. The northern end of theCardamom Mountains cover the eastern edge of Veal Veang to the Thai border.[2] According to the 1998 Census, Veal Veang district is made up of 5 communes and 20 villages. However, the population of the district was not enumerated in the census due to security concerns.[3] From 1979 until the end of the 1990s, Veal Veang was one of the last remaining strongholds of theKhmer Rouge.
The legacy of theCambodian civil war and over 30 years of Khmer Rouge occupation has left many parts of the district heavily contaminated with landmines.[4] As mines are cleared and roads improved, logging both legal and illegal threatens the remaining forested areas. Veal Veang is also home to around 300 families of the few remaining ethnic minorityPear people.[5]
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