Saom Thum (Khmer: សោមធំ) is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District in northeast Cambodia. It contains three villages and has a population of 1,964.[1] In the 2007 commune council elections, three of the commune's five seats went to the Cambodian People's Party and two went to the Sam Rainsy Party.[2] The land alienation rates in Saom Thum was low as of January 2006.[3] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)
Saom Thum
សោមធំ | |
|---|---|
  Saom Thum Location within Cambodia | |
| Coordinates: 13°44′02″N 107°22′59″E / 13.734°N 107.3831°E | |
| Country |  Cambodia |
| Province | Ratanakiri Province |
| District | Ou Ya Dav District |
| Villages | 3 |
| Population (1998) | |
• Total | 1,964 |
| Time zone | UTC+07 |
| Geocode | 160706 |
| Village[1][4] | Population[1] (1998) |
Sex ratio[1] (male/female) (1998) |
Number of households[1] (1998) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saom Klueng | 852 | 0.91 | 131 | |
| Saom Trak | 696 | 0.92 | 136 | |
| Saom Kol | 416 | 1.06 | 62 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Final Population Totals, Rotanak Kiri Province, 1998" Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine. Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. Accessed June 6, 2008.
- ^ "Official Results of the 2007 Commune Councils Election in Ratank Kiri" Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. [sic] National Election Committee, No 4.58/07 NEC.SG.PIB (April 18, 2007). Accessed June 6, 2008.
- ^ "Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia" Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. NGO Forum on Cambodia (August 2006). Accessed June 6, 2008.
- ^ "Ratanak Kiri Province" Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. Cambodia National Institute of Statistics. Accessed June 6, 2008.