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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|km|ស្ទឹងត្រែង}}}} |
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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|km|ស្ទឹងត្រែង}}}} |
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| native_name_lang = khm<!-- ISO 639-2 code --> |
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'''Steung Treng''' ({{lang-km|ស្ទឹងត្រែង}}, {{IPA-km|stɘŋ traeːŋ|IPA}} "River of Reeds"; {{lang-lo|ຊຽງແຕງ}} ''Xiang Taeng''; {{lang-th|เชียงแตง}} ''Chiang Taeng'' "City of Melons") is a ] (''khaet'') of ] located in the northeast. It borders the provinces of ] to the east, ] and ] to the south and ] and ] to the west. Its northern boundary is Cambodia's international border with ]. The ] river crosses the province roughly through the center. |
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'''Steung Treng''' ({{lang-km|ស្ទឹងត្រែង}}) is a ] (''khaet'') of ] located in the northeast. It borders the provinces of ] to the east, ] and ] to the south and ] and ] to the west. Its northern boundary is Cambodia's international border with ]. The ] river crosses the province roughly through the center. |
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==History of Stung Treng== |
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==History of Stung Treng== |
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Stung Treng was first a part of the ], then the Lao kingdom of ] and later the Lao kingdom of ]. After the Franco-Siamese war of 1893, Chiang Taeng (Stung Treng) was administrated by French Lower Laos from 1893-1904. In 1904 the province was traded by French Laos for the exchange for Champassak in French Protectorate of Cambodia which left a small minorities of Laotians in Cambodia. |
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Stung Treng was first a part of the ], then the Lao kingdom of ] and later the Lao kingdom of ]. After the Franco-Siamese war of 1893, Stung Treng was administrated by French Lower Laos from 1893-1904. In 1904 the province was traded by French Laos for the exchange for Champassak in French Protectorate of Cambodia which left a small minorities of Laotians in Cambodia. |
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Owing to its border location and forested mountain areas in the northeast of the province, there was much communist guerrilla activity in Stung Treng during Cambodia's recent past. The insurgency lasted from the ]ese infiltration in the 1950s until the late ] years.<ref></ref> |
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Owing to its border location and forested mountain areas in the northeast of the province, there was much communist guerrilla activity in Stung Treng during Cambodia's recent past. The insurgency lasted from the ]ese infiltration in the 1950s until the late ] years.<ref></ref> |
Owing to its border location and forested mountain areas in the northeast of the province, there was much communist guerrilla activity in Stung Treng during Cambodia's recent past. The insurgency lasted from the Vietnamese infiltration in the 1950s until the late Khmer Rouge years.
Map of Cambodia highlighting Stung Treng
Cambodia
Stung Treng
