Damnak Chang'aeur District

Damnak Chang'aeur
ស្រុកដំណាក់ចង្អើរ
District
Country  Cambodia
Province Kep
Communes 3
Villages 11
Population (1998)[1]
  Total 18,341
Time zone +7

Damnak Chang'aeur (Khmer: ស្រុកដំណាក់ចង្អើរ) is a district (Khan) in Kep Province, Cambodia. It is the largest district in the province and a train track from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville runs through here. The district is subdivided into three sections (Sangkat) and 11 groups (Krom).[2]

History

In June 1994, Phnom Voar in Damnak Chang'aeur hit the international headlines as the site of the kidnapping of three westerners, Australian David Wilson, 29, Briton Mark Slater, 28, and Frenchman Jean-Michel Braquet, 27 from a train by Khmer Rouge forces led by Commander Chouk Rin.[3]

Subdivisions

References

  1. General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 1–4.
  2. National Institute of Statistics, Kep Province, Damnak Chang'aeur District
  3. "Deaths of Khmer Rouge victims cry out for justice". The Australian. February 3, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-16.


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