Cambodia
Mekong Lowlands & Central Plains
Phnom Penh

Mean Chey

Mean Chey is an administrative district located in the south-eastern part of , . As of 2019, due to boundary changes, its population decreased from 2008 but is the second most populous district of Phnom Penh.
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  • Type: Town with 157,000 residents
  • Description: district in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • Also known as: “Khan Mean Chey” and “Meanchey District”
  • Postal code: 120600

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital and Olympic Stadium.

Hospital
Photo: Kiensvay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Khmer–Soviet Friendship Hospital is a public hospital located in , capital of . The hospital is currently managed by the Ministry of Health and it was opened in 1960.

Stadium
Photo: Khmer Scholar, CC BY 2.0.
The National is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It has a capacity of 30,000. Despite its name, the stadium has never hosted an Olympic Games.

Building
Photo: Nefelimhg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum for the Cambodian genocide. Located in , the site is a former secondary school used as an internment facility known as Security Prison 21 by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koh Pich.

Suburb
Photo: Io Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of central business district. The district is developed by Cambodian group OCIC since 2006. is situated between the and rivers and forms part of , bordering Koh Norea. is situated 5 km east of Mean Chey.

Mean Chey

Latitude
11.5315° or 11° 31′ 53″ north
Longitude
104.8985° or 104° 53′ 55″ east
Population
157,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7P36GVJX+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2024110324
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8406000
Wiki­data ID
Q6803675
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Mean Chey” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մեանչեյ շրջան”
  • Cebuano: “Khan Méan Chey”
  • Chinese: “棉芷区”
  • Chinese: “棉芷區”
  • French: “Meanchey”
  • Italian: “distretto di Meanchey”
  • Japanese: “ミエンチェイ区”
  • Khmer: “Khan Méan Chey”
  • Khmer: “ខណ្ឌមានជ័យ”
  • Khmer: “មានជ័យ”
  • Portuguese: “Meanchey”
  • Spanish: “Meanchey”
  • Swedish: “Khan Méan Chey”
  • Vietnamese: “Meanchey (quận)”
  • Vietnamese: “Meanchey”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Mean Chey”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mean Chey”. Photo: gusjer, CC BY 2.0.