Ou Chum is a commune in Ou Chum District

Ou Chum District

Ou Chum District is a district located in Ratanakiri Province, in north-east Cambodia. As of 1998, it had a population of 11,863. It contains 37 villages, which are located in seven communes.-Communes:-References:...

 in northeast Cambodia

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. It contains eight villages and had a population of 3,090 as of 1998. In the 2007 commune council

Commune council

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 elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party

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. The land alienation rate in Ou Chum was high as of January 2006. (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

Villages

Village	Khmer name	Population (1998)	Number of households (1998)	Sex ratio (male/female) (1998)	Notes
Ou Chum	អូរជុំ	733	112	1.12
Tharang Chong	ថារ៉ងជង	542	95	0.95
Tharang Svay	ថារ៉ងស្វាយ	417	67	0.96
L'eun Kraen	ល្អឺនក្រែន	300	46	0.89
L'eun Chong	ល្អឺនជង	254	35	0.94
Tang Pleng	តងប្លេង	240	38	0.95
Tang Kamal	តងកាម៉ាល់	326	57	0.86
L'eun Kang Mis	ល្អឺនកាំមីស	278	43	0.96