Kampong Cham Province

Set on the banks of the Mekong River and within easy reach of both

Phnom Penh and Vietnam. Kampong Cham is an important trade and

transportation.The town itself is quaint and charming with a bustling

riverside promenade. population is over 2 million lives in and most

working as rubber plantaion and farmers. Kampong Cham is flat land

and red soil is ideal for farming and fruit orchards.

Phnom Pros

Phnom Bros is a dull peak hill about 30 meters high. on the hill is a pagoda

named Wat Sovankiri Rattanak Phnom Pros. it has a spot for vehicles to

part at the top. the main temple is five peaks, constructed in the style of

Banteay Srei temple in Siem Reap. another temple on the Phnom Pros

has two peaks and was constructed during the Sangkum Reastre Nyum

regime of then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk.near the temple is a 15-meter-high

stupa, which was constructed by a monk named Keo Suor, who was the first

head monk of the pagoda. a Kot is at the foot of the hill.

From 1975 to 1979, during the Khmer Rouge regime, Phnom Pros was

used as a prison and torture center.about 1.000 meters north of Phnom

Pros, there is another higher hill with a sharp-pointed called Phnom Srei.there

is also several smaller hills at Phnom Srei called Phnom Dangrek, Phnom Ly and

Phnom Chhuk. visitors can reach the peak by climbing308 steps. at the top are

the remnants of a destroyed temple. no monk live there, however, there is a

Daun Chi2 who cares for the site and asks visitors for donation to rebuild the temple