Kampong Chhnang is the capital city of Kampong Chhnang Province, in central Cambodia.

It is located just west of the Tonle Sap River

Tonlé Sap

The Tonlé Sap is a combined lake and river system of major importance to Cambodia.The Tonlé Sap is the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia and is an ecological hot spot that was designated as a UNESCO biosphere in 1997....

 and is a noted port

Port

A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....

. The small city is connected to Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

 by a national highway route and railway.

The economy of the area is dominated by rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

 production and many locals live on floating fishing villages during the high-water monsoon

Monsoon

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea...

 season.

External links

• Kampong Chhang map
• Kampong Chhang at the Cambodia National and Provincial Resources Data Bank
  Cambodia National and Provincial Resources Data Bank
  The Cambodia National and Provincial Resources Data Bank is an online collection of data about Cambodia. It was prepared by the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce with funding from the World Bank and is designed to be accessible to entrepreneurs and investors...
  
  
• Kampong Chhang official tourism site
• Kampong Chhang images