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Cardamom and Elephant Mountains

Cardamom and Elephant Mountains is a region of and includes the provinces of Battambang, Koh Kong, Pursat, Kampong Speu, Kampot, Kep, Pailin and Sihanoukville.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Battambang and Sihanoukville.

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with about 119,000 people, is 's second most populous city, and a popular tourist destination due to the nearby ancient temples, the circus and the bamboo railway. It is the capital of Province.

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, formerly Kompong Som, is a seaside town in . This formerly laid-back beach destination has been transformed by Chinese investment and is now basically a giant construction site for Chinese resorts and casinos.

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is a relaxed riverside town in southeast . It is the durian capital of Cambodia, a gateway to , and is near popular farms growing well-known pepper. It is also a popular sex-tourism destination.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Pailin and Pursat.

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Province is in the Cardamom and Elephant Mountains region of Cambodia. Within Cambodia is known for its natural resources, namely precious gems and timber.

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is the capital of western 's Province. It is indistinguishable from Cambodia's other small provincial capitals.

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, or Krong Khemarak Phoumin, is the capital of Province in Cardamom Mountains. It is 8 km from Cham Yeam, which is connected by Cambodia's southernmost border crossing to the Thai town of .

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is a small seaside town in , popular with lots of Cambodian beachgoers and a fair number of international visitors, who come not just for the beach but also for the dense forest you can hike through on the hill behind the town.

Chbar Mon, previously , is the main town of Province in the Cardamom and Elephant Mountains region of .

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Preah Monivong is in . Its main feature is an old French hill station at 1,080 m which can be visited as a day trip from or .

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is an island in , . It is the second largest island of Cambodia. The word Rong might refer to an old term for "cave" or "tunnel".

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, or Koh Rong Sanloem, is an island off the coast of . The closest port is .

, Koh Russey or Bamboo Island is one of a group of small islands in the Gulf of Thailand, located about 4.5 km off the coast of Sihanoukville city in southern .

The commune is deep within the Cardamom and Elephant Mountains in Koh Kong Province, southwest . It is known for having a community based eco-tourism project.

Cardamom and Elephant Mountains

Latitude of center
12° north
Longitude of center
103.25° or 103° 15′ east
Elevation
650 metres (2,133 feet)
Geo­Names ID
1830498
Wiki­data ID
Q1089661
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Cardamom and Elephant Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kardamomo mendiak”
  • Belarusian: “Кардамонавы горы”
  • Belarusian: “Кравань”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Cardamom”
  • Cebuano: “Chuŏr Phnum Krâvanh”
  • Central Kurdish: “زنجیرەچیای کاردامۆم”
  • Chinese: “豆蔻山脉”
  • Chinese: “豆蔻山脈”
  • Czech: “Kardamomové hory”
  • Czech: “Kardamonové hory”
  • Dutch: “Cardamom Mountains”
  • Dutch: “Kardamomgebergte”
  • Estonian: “Kardemonimäed”
  • Estonian: “Kravanhi mäed”
  • Estonian: “Krâvanhi mäed”
  • Finnish: “Cardamon-vuoret”
  • Finnish: “Chuor Phnom Kravanh”
  • Finnish: “Kardemummavuoret”
  • Finnish: “Kravanhvuoret”
  • Finnish: “Krâvanhvuoret”
  • French: “Chaîne des Cardamomes”
  • French: “Chaîne des Cardamones”
  • Georgian: “კარდამონის მთები”
  • German: “Chuor Phnom Krâvanh”
  • German: “Kardamom-Berge”
  • German: “Kardamom-Gebirge”
  • German: “Kardamomgebirge”
  • Hebrew: “הרי קארדאמום”
  • Hungarian: “Kardamom-hegység”
  • Hungarian: “Krâvanh-hegység”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Cardamom”
  • Italian: “Monti Cardamomi e Dâmrei”
  • Italian: “Monti Cardamomi”
  • Italian: “Monti dei Cardamomi”
  • Japanese: “カルダモン山脈”
  • Khmer: “ជួរភ្នំក្រវាញ”
  • Korean: “카르다몸 산맥”
  • Korean: “카르다몸산맥”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Cardamom”
  • Lithuanian: “Kardamono kalnai”
  • Lithuanian: “Kravanis”
  • Malayalam: “കാർഡമം മലനിരകൾ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kardemommefjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krâvanh-fjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kravanhfjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krâvanhfjellene”
  • Norwegian: “Krâvanhfjellene”
  • Polish: “Góry Kardamonowe”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas Cardamom”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas Cardamomo”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas de Cardamom”
  • Russian: “Кардамоновы горы”
  • Russian: “Кардамоновы Горы”
  • Russian: “Кравань”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kardamonske planine”
  • Slovenian: “gorovje Cardamom”
  • Slovenian: “Gorovje Cardamom”
  • Spanish: “Montes Cardamomo y Elefante”
  • Spanish: “Montes Cardamomo”
  • Spanish: “Montes Cardamomos”
  • Swedish: “Chuŏr Phnum Krâvanh (bergskedja)”
  • Swedish: “Chuŏr Phnum Krâvanh”
  • Tamil: “ஏல மலைகள்”
  • Thai: “ทิวเขาบรรทัด”
  • Thai: “ทิวเขาพนมกระวาน”
  • Ukrainian: “Кравань”
  • Venetian: “Monti Cardamomi”
  • Vietnamese: “Phnom Kravanh”

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