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    Siem Reap-Cambodia: (A Brief Information)

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    Siem Reap province in Cambodia is located 314km from the capital Phnom Penh. It is home to the famous Angkor temple complex, including Angkor Wat, which attracts over 1.6 million foreign tourists annually. The province capital of Siem Reap has luxury hotels, colonial buildings, markets and receives many international visitors. The province has abundant natural resources and varied landscapes across its three regions. Now the second economic hub of Cambodia, Siem Reap benefits from good infrastructure like roads, airports, and its position as a tourism and trade center domestically and internationally.

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    Siem Reap province in Cambodia is located 314km from the capital Phnom Penh. It is home to the famous Angkor temple complex, including Angkor Wat, which attracts over 1.6 million foreign tourists annually. The province capital of Siem Reap has luxury hotels, colonial buildings, markets and receives many international visitors. The province has abundant natural resources and varied landscapes across its three regions. Now the second economic hub of Cambodia, Siem Reap benefits from good infrastructure like roads, airports, and its position as a tourism and trade center domestically and internationally.

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    Siem Reap province in Cambodia is located 314km from the capital Phnom Penh. It is home to the famous Angkor temple complex, including Angkor Wat, which attracts over 1.6 million foreign tourists annually. The province capital of Siem Reap has luxury hotels, colonial buildings, markets and receives many international visitors. The province has abundant natural resources and varied landscapes across its three regions. Now the second economic hub of Cambodia, Siem Reap benefits from good infrastructure like roads, airports, and its position as a tourism and trade center domestically and internationally.

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    Siem Reap-Cambodia: (A Brief Information)

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    Siem Reap province in Cambodia is located 314km from the capital Phnom Penh. It is home to the famous Angkor temple complex, including Angkor Wat, which attracts over 1.6 million foreign tourists annually. The province capital of Siem Reap has luxury hotels, colonial buildings, markets and receives many international visitors. The province has abundant natural resources and varied landscapes across its three regions. Now the second economic hub of Cambodia, Siem Reap benefits from good infrastructure like roads, airports, and its position as a tourism and trade center domestically and internationally.

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    SIEM REAP-CAMBODIA

    (A BRIEF INFORMATION)

    INTRODUCTION TO THE PROVINCE
    Siem Reap is located in northwestern Cambodia, 314 km from Phnom Penh on National Road No.6. The
    province is the gateway to the world-famous Angkor temple complex including the magnificent Angkor
    Wat, which is located in thick jungle and now a UESCO World heritage Site.
    In 2011, a total of 1,610,076 foreign tourists visited the province through Siem Reap International Airport or
    other international crossings. With many luxury hotels, beautifully aged colonial buildings, a buzzing pub
    street, silk farms, markets, and much more, provincial capital receives many international tourists.
    In addition to the World Heritage, Siem Reap Province as total area of 10,299 km
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    with abundant natural
    resources thanks to three regions of the province; an upper region rich in forests and plateaus, conducive to
    farming and the foraging of sub-forest products; a midland region with paddy rice fields, residential areas
    and historical temples as well as cultural sites; and a low-lying plains region conductive to seasonal farming
    and fishing.
    Nowadays, Siem Reap is known as the second economic hub of Camboida based on its geographic
    advantages as well as well-developed transportation infrastructure in the form roads, airports and waterways.
    The province is expected to be not only a hub for international tourism, but also a hub for various trade and
    business activities at both the domestic and international level.

    OVERVIEW OF THE PROVINCE
    Provincial Capital: Siem Reap
    Total area of the province: 10,299 km
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    Landscape: Upper area: forest or plateau
    Middle area: rich of paddy rice field, residential area and temples
    Low area: flat plain which can conduct seasonal farming and fishery
    Total population: 951,852 persons (2011)
    Population Density: 92 persons/km
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    Population age over 18 years: 545,427 persons
    Temperature: 15.5-32.6
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    Administrative Boundary: Number of city: 11 Number of communes: 87
    Number of districts: 11 Number of Villages: 875
    Number of sangkats: 13
    Provincial Border: East: Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear Provinces
    West: Banteay Meanchey Province
    North: Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear Provinces
    South: Battambang Province and Tonle Sap Lake

    INVESTMENT
    1. Special features or strong points for the province in terms of investment
    a. Advantageous geographic location in the center of northwestern Cambodia
    b. Well developed transportation infrastructure in the form of road networks connecting Phnom
    Penh via National Road No. 6 and the Thai border via National Road No. 5, international
    airports and water transportation through river ports
    c. Abundant tourism resources with numerous cultural and historical temples, and natural parks
    with great potential for cultural tourism in locations such as Siem Reap, Prasat Bakong,
    Angkor Thom and Banteay Srey Districts.
    d. Abundant agriculture products produced in Chi Kreng, Sot Nukun, Pork, Brolanh, Srey Snom
    and Angkor Chom Districts
    e. Low wage, well educated labor force
    f. Ensured safety and security through the management of the provincial authority

    2. Investment opportunities or potential sector
    a. Agriculture: The province has several advantages in the develop of the agriculture sector:
    i. A favorable landscape
    ii. Appropriate rainfall; and
    iii. Proper irrigation systems
    b. Tourism: Tourism sector is a second priority sector for the province. In the first half of 2012,
    the number of tourist increased to 2,167,946 million and the province has maintained an
    increase in the number of tourist at an average of 15% to 25% per year.
    c. Service: With the increases in the tourism sector, the service sector (hotel and restaurant etc.)
    is also expected to develop

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