Kampong Thom is Cambodid's second largest province by area.Its capital is named Kampong Thom,a picturesque town on the banks of the Stung Saen River.The Sambor temple and Prei Kuk temple are the town main temple in Kompong Thom as well as other less significant Angkorian sites. Kampong Thom was a very powerful capital in Southeast Asia during the Funan period.later eron during the French rule,the province was home to a large group named the Stieng, but they have long been assimilated into khmer society. Kampong Pos Thom was the original name of the present called Kampong Thom. because originally long time ago, at the dock of the Sen River next to a big natural lake,there was a big cave with a pair of big snakes inside. The people living this area usually saw these big snakes every Buddhist Holiday...
Time after that,the snakes disappeared, and the people of that area called it Kampong Pos Thom.then, only short words Kampong Thom.During the French colony in Cambodia,the French rule and divided Cambodia territory into provinces,and named them according to the spoken words of the people Kampong Thom Province.The provincial capital Kampong Thom is another bustling town on the banks of the Stung Sen River.The town itself is strategically lacated on the National Highway No 6 between Phnom penh and Siem Reap.Its more a stopover to have a break from driving long distance or to eat something on the way to Siem Reap or Phnom Penh, thena very touristic place,Despite the town itself people come to explore th pre-Angkorian Chenla capital Sambor Prei Kuk,the remote temples of Preah Khan and Prasat Preah Vihea.
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Time after that,the snakes disappeared, and the people of that area called it Kampong Pos Thom.then, only short words Kampong Thom.During the French colony in Cambodia,the French rule and divided Cambodia territory into provinces,and named them according to the spoken words of the people Kampong Thom Province.The provincial capital Kampong Thom is another bustling town on the banks of the Stung Sen River.The town itself is strategically lacated on the National Highway No 6 between Phnom penh and Siem Reap.Its more a stopover to have a break from driving long distance or to eat something on the way to Siem Reap or Phnom Penh, thena very touristic place,Despite the town itself people come to explore th pre-Angkorian Chenla capital Sambor Prei Kuk,the remote temples of Preah Khan and Prasat Preah Vihea.
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