Pate is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District

Ou Ya Dav District

Ou Ya Dav District is a district in Ratanakiri Province, northeast Cambodia. As of 1998, it had a population of 10,898. It contains 29 villages, which are located in seven communes.-Communes:-References:...

 in northeast Cambodia. It contains four villages and has a population of 1,329. In the 2007 commune council

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 elections, three of the commune's five seats went to the Sam Rainsy Party

Sam Rainsy Party

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 and two went to the Cambodian People's Party

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

Village	Population (1998)	Sex ratio (male/female) (1998)	Number of households (1998)	Notes
Plang	279	0.99	39
Kong Thum	710	0.93	102
Pa Ar	170	0.81	28
Yu	170	0.87	38