Visiting Kampong Chhnang province of Cambodia

Kampong Chhnang is a province in Cambodia that located in southwest of Tonle Sap lake and northwest of Phnom Penh capital city distance 91 Km from Phnom Penh city by travelling on road number 5. Kampong Chhnang is a province which famous in producing pottery products and so many things that almost made from soil and by hands with classic tools of Cambodian citizens. Those things have high quality and beautiful. Kampong Chhnang also has a famous history mountain is call “Neang Kong Rey mountain”.

Neang Kong Rey mountain has very gorgeous beauty that really similar to a woman sleep on the ground and shake her hand forward to calling her husband who riding on the horse back to her but he go away and Neang Kong Rey die at that time (It’s a story of this mountain). Kampong Chhnang province has north boundary nearby Kampong Thom province, eastern part near Kampong Cham province, southern boundary near Kampong Speu province, and western part near Pursat province. Kampong Chhnang province size 5.521 Km² with 81.763 citizens has 8 districts include 69 communes.

Kampong Chhnang province also has many tourist places that attract a lot of tourists visiting this fantastic pottery products province.

Neang Kong Rey mountain :

Neang Kong Rey mountain is a highest mountain of Kampong Chhnang that located in Pong Ror commune, Ror Lea Phaear district in Kampong Chhnang province. On the mountain has many plants grow on like another mountain too but it really straight that on the waist of mountain grow only Maom (a kind of herb plant).

Citizens who live nearby there they don’t eat those Maom because they heard from their old generation parents told that those Maom grow from Neang Kong Rey hair who is a wife of Rithe Sen. At the place that Maom grow has a big millstone since old generation also.

Pottery made from clay producing place :

If we travelling from Phnom Penh city before we arrive Kampong Chhnang province we’ll see many shops that sell many things which made by soil such as pots, and other pottery products along the street.

Those things are produce since old generation until nowadays so that why Cambodian citizens decide to call this province Kampong Chhnang mean pottery province.

Kampong Chhnang province has many villages of Sre Thmey commune, and Chrey Bak commune in Ror Lea Phaear district that producing pottery products. Those citizens get the technique to made those things from their old generation parents and teach it to children from one generation to one generation until now and never end so that why those pottery things are so fantastic and has high quality.

Those pottery producing places has become the most popular places for foreigners tourists go to visit and buy it to be presents and take it to keep in their house as the memory of Kampong Chhnang. They also can help those citizens to have better standard of living by selling these products too. Tourists also can visit another places like Kampong Chhnang air port, Derichhan village, Bades stupa, and Traleng Keng pagoda, etc.