Three New Districts in Phnom Penh Approved

18 December 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Land / Land classifications / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior
Chbar Ampov / Chroy Changva / Council of Ministers / Ministry of Interior / Phnom Penh City Hall / Prek Pnov

The Ministry of Interior has approved the creation of three new districts in Phnom Penh following a proposal from City Hall to create five new districts before district and city council elections are held in May. Sak Setha, secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, said that the three new districts would be named Chbar Ampov, Chroy Changva and Prek Pnov, after large neighborhoods that already exist. … Prak Sam Oeun, director of the Ministry of Interior’s administration department, said that the plan would be sent to the Council of Ministers in the coming days, but declined to say when the new districts will be created, or how administrators will be selected. Commune councilors, the vast majority of whom are loyal to the ruling CPP, will select new district and city councils in an election on May 18. District and provincial councils will also be elected in the country’s 24 provinces. … Chbar Ampov district will be composed of eight communes previously in Meanchey district, Chroy Changva district will include five communes split from Russei Keo district and Prek Prov district will be made up of five communes—three that were previously in Sen Sok district and two from Pur Senchey district.

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