Saturday, June 25, 2016

Kampong Thom Province


Kampong Thom is Cambodia's second biggest territory by zone. Its capital is named Kampong Thom, a pleasant town on the banks of the Stung Saen River.The Sambor sanctuary and Prei Kuk sanctuary are the two principle sanctuaries in Kompong Thom and also different less critical Angkorian locales. Kompong Thom was a capable capital in Southeast Asia amid the Funan period. Later on, amid the French lead, the territory was home to a substantial gathering named the Stieng, yet they have for some time been acclimatized into Khmer society. Kampong Pos Thom was the first name of the present called Kampong Thom. Since initially long time prior, at the dock of the Sen River alongside a major characteristic lake, there was a major hollow with a couple of enormous snakes inside. The general population living around this zone for the most part saw these enormous snakes each Buddhist Holiday. 

Time after that, the snakes vanished, and the general population of that territory called it Kampong Pos Thom. At that point, just short words Kampong Thom. Amid the French state in Cambodia, the French governed and isolated Cambodian domain into areas, and named them as per the talked expressions of the general population Kampong Thom Province.The commonplace capital Kampong Thom is another clamoring town on the banks of the Stung Sen River. The town itself is deliberately situated on the National Highway No 6 between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Its increasingly a stopover to have a break from driving long separations or to eat something while in transit to Siem Reap or Phnom Penh, than an exceptionally touristic place. In spite of the town itself individuals come to investigate the pre-Angkorian Chenla capital Sambor Prei Kuk, the remote sanctuaries of Preah Khan and Prasat Preah Vihear.

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