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 | This article is written like a travel guide. (October 2019) |
Preah Sihanouk
ព្រះសីហនុ Sihanoukville | |
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   .jpg) .jpg) Top, from left: Ochheuteal Beach, Two Lions Roundabout Centre: Sihanoukville Bottom, from left: Koh Rong and Koh Ta Kiev | |
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 Map of Cambodia highlighting Preah Sihanouk Province | |
| Coordinates: 10°37′24″N 103°31′30″E / 10.62333°N 103.52500°E | |
| Country |  Cambodia |
| Established | 22 November 1957[1] |
| Provincial status | 22 December 2008 |
| Named for | Norodom Sihanouk |
| Capital | Sihanoukville |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Kuoch Chamroeun (CPP) |
| • National Assembly | 3 / 125
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| Area | |
| • Total | 1,938 km2 (748 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 22nd |
| Elevation | 316 m (1,037 ft) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
| • Total |  304,761 |
| • Rank | 17th |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postcode | 18000 |
| Dialing code | 034 |
| ISO 3166 code | KH-18 |
| Districts | 4 |
| Communes | 26 |
| Villages | 108[3] |
| HDI (2019) | 0.599[4] medium · 7th |
| Website | sihanoukville |
Preah Sihanouk (Khmer: ព្រះសីហនុ, UNGEGN: Preăh Seihânŭ, ALA-LC: Braḥ Sīhanu [preah səjhanuʔ], lit. 'Holy Sihanouk'), also Sihanoukville, is a province (khaet) in southwest Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. The provincial capital, also called Sihanoukville, is a deep water port city and a steadily growing and diversifying urban center on an elevated peninsula.[5]
First established as Kampong Som (Khmer: កំពង់សោម, lit. 'The Som Rattan Port'), the province was later renamed in honor of former King Norodom Sihanouk, who orchestrated the establishment of Sihanoukville city and the Sihanoukville municipality as this took place alongside the construction of the Sihanoukville Port, which commenced in June 1955. The only deep water port of Cambodia, it includes an oil terminal and a transport logistics facility.[6][7]
Preah Sihanouk is divided into four districts, each with a distinct economic character, defined largely by location and access to resources.[8] In addition to the port and the growing tourism industry, the activities of countless NGOs and international investment have contributed to the rapid economic growth of the province over the course of the last decade.[9] Primary economic sectors are transport and logistics, process manufacturing, agriculture and fisheries, textiles, and real estate.
The islands and beaches of Preah Sihanouk Province are an international tourist destination as visitor numbers have risen steadily since the late-20th century.[10][11]
Sihanoukville municipality was elevated to provincial status on 22 December 2008 after King Norodom Sihamoni signed a decree converting the municipalities of Kep, Pailin, and Sihanoukville into provinces, as well as incorporating Kompong Seila District.[12][13] As one of Cambodia's agriculturally and industrially most diverse provinces, its economic future has a solid basis, although the essential sectors of agriculture and tourism require strict and permanent administrative protection of local natural resources.[14][15][16]
- ^ "History of Sihanoukville Province". sihanoukville.gov.kh. Sihanoukville Administration. Retrieved 18 August 2019.[not specific enough to verify]
- ^ "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019 – Final Results" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. Ministry of Planning. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "CITIES AND PROVINCES OF CAMBODIA" (PDF). BLC. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Administrative Areas in Sihanoukville Municipality by District and Commune" (PDF). Statistics Japan. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Philpotts, Robert (March 2006). A Port for Independence. UK: Blackwater Books. p. 18.
- ^ "Cambodia Re-emerges". The New York Times. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Economic Census of Cambodia 2011 Provincial Report 18 Preah Sihanouk Province" (PDF). Statistics Japan. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Cambodia, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port". winne.com. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ^ "The rise of Sihanoukville". The Phnom Penh Post. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Introducing Sihanoukville". Lonely Travel. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ^ Khmerization (31 December 2008). "Decree creates three new provinces". Khmerization.blogspot.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ "King Sihamoni signed a royal decree that would change the municipalities of Kep, Sihanoukville, and Pailin into provinces". derkeiler com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Sar Kheng Orders End to Illegal Fishing Off Coast". The Cambodia Daily. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Economic corridors and Industrial estates..." (PDF). Bangkok Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Officials Unable to Explain Mystery Ships". The Cambodia Daily. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.