Mondul Kriri

Mondul Kriri is in terms of area, the largest province of Cambodia. It is located in the east of the country, located on the border with Vietnam and the provincial capital is located 521 km from Phnom Penh. This province was founded in 1959th In the province there are many mountains (this is why it is called Mondul Kiri, literally translated it means: The center of Bergen) and a beautiful nature. The provincial capital is called Sen Monorom (approx. 5000 inhabitants, counting from 1999) / 2 /. In districts such as Sen Monorom, Pich Ta, Koh NHEK and Keo Seimar the proportion of minorities is up to 80% of the people who live there / 3 /. Mundul Kriri is home to 14 ethnic groups. These are Phanong, Stieng, Kouy, Tumpun, Jaray, Freestyle, Kroeung, Ra Ong, Thmon, Cham, Chinese, Vietnamese, Laotians and Khmer (20%) / 4 /. The county has 61107 inhabitants and is 14.288 km2 (2014).
Temperatures in module Kiri are compared to Phnom Penh very pleasant, since the province is on average 800m above the sea level.
The various traditions of minorities and the nature of Mondul Kiri draw now tourists from home and abroad like a magnet.
There are 4 national parks in Mondul Kiri, where elephants, leopards, deer, gaurs, tigers and Rhinoszerosse to 2008 were still alive. Tiger and Rhinoszerosse are now considered extinct.
Attractions:

•     The provincial capital Sen Monorom,
•     Bousra Waterfall, 43km from Sen Monorom,
•     Pou Tang Village, minority village, 5km from Sen Monorom, very popular with tourists
•     Pou Loung Village, Minority village Pou Loung, 15km from Sen Monorom,
•     Sen Monorom waterfall / king residence, 5km from Sen Monorom
•     Rommanear Waterfall I, 17km from Sen Monorom,
•     Rommanear Waterfall II, 12km from Sen Monorom,
•     Dak Dam waterfall, 23 km from Sen Monorom,
•     Chrey Thom Waterfall, 20 km from Sen Monorom,
•     Phnom Prich nature reserve, 80km from Sen Monorom
•     Elephant trekking to the minority villages ...

Tradition:

    The people of a minority group in Mondol Kiri moved to the village after a villager died. This tradition is now gone, lost due to land grabbing and land concessions.
    Kab Krâbei Pheksra (fixed, in which a water buffalo slaughtered brutally).
The festival takes place only if a family has harvested at least 41 SAL rice. A Sal rice weighs 12 (12.5) kg. The Khmer unit for this is Taov (1 Taov paddy rice weighs 12.5kg).