Sihanoukville

The Sihanoukville Province was founded on 22/12/2008. Between 1954 and 2008 Sihanoukville was only one city. The Province is a small province in southern Cambodia. The provincial capital, whose name also Sihanoukville is located on a peninsula. In Sihanoukville is the largest deep-water port in Cambodia. In honor of the then king, Norodom Sihanouk, who fought for the independence of Cambodia, the town of Kampong Som was renamed Sihanoukville. The province is 868 m2 and has 316 233 inhabitants (2014), or about 1.6% of total population. Miami, Seattle (USA) are the sister cities of Sihanoukville.
The town of Sihanoukville 232 km from Phnom Penh eliminator, Sihanoukville can be reached via National Highway No. 4,.
Symbols of the city:

•     Watt Utynien (Watt Krom, Intra Nhean): built in 1963,
•     The most prominent pagoda of the city,
•     Nice view of the city,
•     No matter where a shrine of Yeay Mao (Gebietsbeschützerin) was built.
•     Watt Chotynien (Watt Leu): 1958-62 built,
•     Established (Partriarch to 1969) of Samdech Choun Nath,
•     Staue the founder Lok Om (1999).
•     St. Michael's Church, built in 1962,
•     in the Pol Pot time (1975-79): a prison,
•     1979-93: warehouse,
•     is now occupied by the resident Vietnamese.
•     The Angkor Brewery Cambrew: 1966/1967 built until 1975 in operation since 1991 and again in production,
•     Fishing port,
•     Golden Lions, built in 1996,
•     Independence Monument, built in 1985,
•     Victory Monument built on the Weather Station Hill, 1985,
•     The hill in the city is 132m high, on average, the city is about 40 meters above sea level.
•     Independent Hotel: 1963-64 built and in 1990 re-opened,
•     Port:
•     1955-60: 11-13m deep (the channel next to the island of Koh Pos is 8-9m deep),
•     The old quay is 290m and the new one is 350m long,
•     Breakwater is 3117m long.
•     beaches:
•     Victory beach,
•     Hawaii beach
•     Port beach (best sunset)
•     Ochheurteal beach, very popular, 3 km long,
•     Serendiptiy beach, about 1 km,
•     Otres beach, about 3 km long, poorly developed,
•     Independence beach, 1 km long, Hotel Independence,
•     Sokha beach, about 1 km long, private (Hotel Sokha)
  

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