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'''Phnum Kravanh district''' ({{langx|km|ស្រុកភ្នំក្រវាញ}}) is a district in [[Pursat province]], [[Cambodia]]. In English the name translates to the [[Cardamom Mountains]].
==Location==
Phnum Kravanh shares a border with [[Veal Veang (district)|Veal Veang]] district to the west and [[Koh Kong Province|Koh Kong]], [[Kampong Speu Province|Kampong Speu]] and [[Kampong Chhnang Province|Kampong Chhnang]] provinces to the south. [[Bakan (district)|Bakan]] and [[Sampov Meas (district)|Sampov Meas]] districts are to the north and [[Krakor (district)|Krakor]] district is on the north eastern boundary.<ref name="Atlas">{{cite book|title=Total Road Atlas of Cambodia 2006, 3rd edition|year=2006|publisher= Total Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia}}</ref> Previously Phnum Kravanh was much larger and stretched to the [[Thailand|Thai]] border. However, in 1997 the western part of the district was taken to form the new district of Veal Veang. Area about 2900–3400&nbsp;km^2
The southern part of the district is largely unpopulated and has few roads. It forms a major part of the Central Cardamom range. According to the 1998 Census, Phnum Kravanh district is made up of 7 communes and 55 villages. The population of the district was 54,136 in 10,390 households at the time of the census.<ref>General Population Census of Cambodia 1998, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh</ref>
==Characteristics==
The district is large and sparsely populated with a population density of only around 15 person per square kilometre. Most of the district is forested, mountainous and some parts are still heavily mined particularly around Pteah Rung commune near the district capital.<ref>[http://www.landmines.org/programs/cambodia/clearance/Index.cfm?ct=Cleared&sr=41&bsuppresslayout=1 Adopt a Minefield Mine Clearance Index]</ref>
Phnum Kravanh is also home to around 130 families of the few remaining ethnic minority [[Pear (S.E. Asian ethnic group)|Pear]] people.<ref>[http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Overview.htm Overview of the distribution of Pear (Por) people in Cambodia, NGO Forum, Phnom Penh, 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921013022/http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Overview.htm |date=2007-09-21 }}</ref> These families originally lived in the highlands of the Cardamom Mountains but were forced to move to the lowlands beside the [[Pursat River]] during the years of the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime.<ref>[http://www.mekonginfo.org/mrc_en/doclib.nsf/0/38BFF9FF8B9D244CC7256838000AFF12/$FILE/FULLTEXT.html RRA Report on Watersheds in Pursat and Kampong Chhnang Provinces]</ref>
==References==
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{{Pursat Province}}
{{Districts of Cambodia}}
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[[Category:Districts of Pursat province]]