Samlot_district

Samlout District

Samlout District

District in Battambang, Cambodia

Samlout (Khmer: សំឡូត [sɑmˈloːt]) or Samlot is a district (srok) of Battambang Province, in northwestern Cambodia.

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 communes (khum) and 49 villages (phum).[1] Due to conflict, census enumeration could not be conducted in Samlout district during the 1998 Census.[2]

Communes and villages

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Development efforts

In 2021, Angelina Jolie told People Magazine that she plans to return to Cambodia to establish the next “Women for Bees” program in the Samlout region to raise awareness of conservation efforts. Women for Bees aims to train 50 women beekeepers within five years and build 2,500 hives in 25 UNESCO biosphere reserves around the world, including Cambodia.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Battambang Administration". Royal Government of Cambodia. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
  2. [2]
    General Population Census of Cambodia, 1998: Village Gazetteer. National Institute of Statistics. February 2000. pp. xv.
  3. [3]
    "Angelina Jolie to return to Cambodia for next 'Women for Bees' programme - Khmer Times". 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-09-26.


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