KAMPONG CHHNANG

also spelled Kompong Chhnang, town, central Cambodia. Kmpng Chhnang is located just west of the Sab River and has port facilities. It is connected to Phnom Penh, the national capital, by a national highway route and railway. The surrounding area is occupied by Khmer peoples, some of whom tend rice paddies and live on floating fishing villages during the monsoonal high-water season. The major products of the area are rice and bananas, supplemented by fishing. Pop. (1987 est.) 15,000.