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  Koh Kong   ( Khmer :   កោះកុង ,   Kaôh Kŏng   [kɑh   koŋ] ,   lit.   'The Curved   Island ') is a   province   ( khaet ) of   Cambodia . Its capital is   Khemarak Phoumin   (Koh Kong). The most southwestern province of Cambodia, Koh Kong has a long undeveloped coastline and a mountainous, forested, and largely inaccessible interior which includes part of the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia's largest national park (Botum Sakor National Park), and a section of Kirirom National Park. From 1795 to 1904 the area was under Siamese administration with the local name of "Koh Kong". During the reign of King Mongkut the name  Patchan Khiri Khet  was given to the city as a counterpart to Prachuap Khiri Khan, a city on the same latitude which also had its name changed during the same year. In 1904, the region and the city of Trat was ceded to Fren...

  Kampong Cham  ( Khmer :  កំពង់ចាម ,  UNGEGN :  Kâmpóng Cham   [kɑmpɔŋ   caːm] ;  lit.   'The Waiting  Port ') is a  province  of  Cambodia  located on the central lowlands of the  Mekong River . It borders the provinces of  Kampong Chhnang  to the west,  Kampong Thom  and  Kratié  to the north,  Tboung Khmum  to the east, and  Prey Veng  and  Kandal  to the south. Kampong Cham was officially divided into two provinces on 31 December 2013 in what was seen by many as a political move by the ruling party. [2] [3]  All land west of the Mekong remained Kampong Cham while land east of the river became Tbong Khmum province. Prior to this division, Kampong Cham extended eastward to the international border with  Vietnam , was the eleventh largest province in Cambodia, and with a population of 1,680,694, was the most populous province in Cambodia. Its capi...