Province Stung Trèng Arera : 11 092 km²
Cambodia
| Stung Treng |
back to the clickable mapStung Treng is a beautiful province located in the North of Cambodia on a high Sandy Bank overlooking the Mekong River, about 455 km from Phnom Penh and 40 km from the border of Laos. The bridge of Sekong, serves as a passage that is convenient to the border of Laos. The capital of the province, also named Stung Treng is a centre of trade with Laos. there are several attractions in the province of Stung Treng: freshwater dolphin The stretch of the Mekong is housed extremely rare Irrawaddy dolphins. It is estimated the number of these mammals is between 40 and 60. Adulthood, dolphins can reach a length of 2.5 m and weigh up to 180 kg.They can swim at speeds up to 40 km / hour and submerged for periods of five to ten minutes. Koh Ksach is located along the Se Kong river at distance of 5 kilometres of the city of the province. The site has a beautiful sand beach, long of 2, 5 km wide, where visitors can swim or relax. It is a natural site that can be visited only during season dry and particularly popular in Khmer new year. This is fine and picturesque resort. This makes Koh Ksach one of these attractions of Stung Treng, which promises to provide some landscapes charming. Wildlife: Cambodia is housed the largest populations of wild Asia. mammals endangered species such as leopards, Tigers, Koprey, and the rarest large mammal in the world were seen beaten offshore. In addition, wild elephants still roam in virgin forests and the monkeys, snakes are abundant in regions mountainous. Thala Barivat is the historic site where the Preah Ko, a 7th century King Jayavarman I brick temple is located. Preah Ko consists of six towers in bricks, arranged in two rows of three towers.Each tower is perched on a sandstone platform. It is one of the oldest temples built at the time of Angkor.