Cheung Prey District

Cheung Prey
ស្រុកជើងព្រៃ
District (srok)

Fried spiders for sale at the market in Skuon, Cheung Prey
Cheung Prey

Location in Cambodia

Coordinates: 12°3′4″N 105°4′15″E / 12.05111°N 105.07083°E / 12.05111; 105.07083
Country  Cambodia
Province Kampong Cham
Communes 10
Villages 74
Population (1998)[1]
 • Total 74,859
Time zone +7
Geocode 0303

Cheung Prey District (Khmer: ស្រុកជើងព្រៃ) is a district (srok) of Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. The district capital is Skuon town. This busy market town has grown up around the intersection of National Highway 6 and National Highway 7. Skun is around 49 kilometres east of the provincial capital at Kampong Cham city and 75 kilometres north of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.[2]

The district capital of Skuon is also known as "Spiderville."[3] The town has become famous with both locals and international visitors to Cambodia for its fried spiders.[4] The spiders are either captured in their burrows or bred for sale. First the venom is removed and then the spider is killed by squeezing the thorax. The spiders are then fried whole with garlic and salt. The practice of eating spiders in Cheung Prey began under the Democratic Kampuchea regime in Cambodia. Eating spiders and other insects helped locals starving from the harsh policies of the Khmer Rouge. Now that local residents have acquired the taste, the fame of the crunchy spiders has spread and people travel from Phnom Penh just to sample the deep fried arachnae.[5] International visitors also travel to Skun to see the spiders, but most are content to take photographs rather than sample this unusual delicacy.

Location

Cheung Prey district is in eastern Kampong Cham Province. Reading from the north clockwise, Cheung Prey shares a border with Baray District of Kampong Thom Province to the north and the district of Prey Chhor to the east. To the south of Batheay is Kang Meas District and Batheay District forms the western border.[6]

Administration

The Cheung Prey district governor reports to His Excellency Hun Neng, the Governor of Kampong Cham. The following table shows the villages of Cheung Prey district by commune.

Khum (Communes) Phum (Villages)
Khnaor Dambang Roveang, Knaor Dambang, Veal
Kouk Rovieng Kouk Rovieng, Totoul, Ba Krong, Chhuk
Phdau Chum Phdau Chum Lech, Phdau Chum Kaeut, Chheu Teal, Cham Neang
Prey Char Pnov Lech, Pnov Kaeut, Prey Char Leu, Siem Bay, Bati, Prey Char Knong
Pring Chrum Pring Chum, Trapeang Tuem, Trapeang Ph'av, Ta Ni, Kaoh Champa
Sampong Chey Chambak, Trapeang Sla, Trapeang Trom, Ampil Tvear, Kakaoh, Bos Ta Mom, Trapeang Chhuk, Pou, Bakham, Sampong Chey, Svay Meas, Komar, Doun Tao, Sandaek
Sdaeung Chey Pongro, Sdaeung Chey, Pra Boeng, Khnar, Sangkae, Kdoy, Damnak Ampil
Soutip Pana, Skon, Thmei, Ta Saen, Ngang, Doun Dom, Boeng Chrouy, Sou Tip
Srama Sram Lech, Sram Kaeut, Sram Cheung, Thmei, Srama, Sangkae Pong, Pra Khnor, Kralanh, Pra Theat, Trapeang Tmat, Srah Angk Kam, Andoung Treang, Trapeang Snao
Trapeang Kor Trapeang Thma, S'ang, Ang, Pra Ten, Tumpoar, Tnaot Bak, Kandal, areaks, Trapeang Kor, Kngaok

Demographics

The district is subdivided into 10 communes (khum) and 74 villages (phum).[7] According to the 1998 Census, the population of the district was 74,859 persons in 14,562 households in 1998. With a population of over 70,000 people, Cheung Prey is one of the smallest districts by population in Kampong Cham province, after Koh Soutin and Kampong Cham districts. The average household size in Cheung Prey is 5.1 persons per household, the same as the rural average for Cambodia. The sex ratio in the district is 95.5%, with more females than males.[8]

References

  1. ↑ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 36–37.
  2. ↑ Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006 (3rd ed.). Total Cambodge. 2006. p. 44.
  3. ↑ Price, Liz (March 25, 2006). "Braving the bugs". The Star online. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  4. ↑ "Fried spider, anyone?". The Independent. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  5. ↑ McNabb, Denise (19 March 2008). "Cambodia at the coalface". The Independent via Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  6. ↑ "Kampong Cham Provincial Resources". Ministry of Commerce. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  7. ↑ "Kampong Cham Administration". Royal Government of Cambodia. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  8. ↑ General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. 32–73.

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Coordinates: 12°3′4″N 105°4′15″E / 12.05111°N 105.07083°E / 12.05111; 105.07083

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