Kampong Cham (city)

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'''Kampong Cham''' ({{langx|km|កំពង់ចាម}}, UNGEGN: {{transliteration|km|Kâmpóng Cham}} {{IPA|km|kɑmpɔŋ caːm|}}; {{literal translation|The chams Port}}) is the capital city of Kampong Cham Province in southeastern Cambodia. It is the 12th largest city in Cambodia with a population of 61,750 people (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Population Review of Kampong Cham city|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/cities/cambodia|access-date=8 April 2021|website=World Population Review}}</ref> and is located on the Mekong River. Kampong Cham is 124 kilometers northeast from the national capital Phnom Penh. It takes about 2.5 hours to travel from Phnom Penh to Kampong Cham and vice-versa by boat or a motorized vehicle on asphalt road.

The city is connected to the district of Tbong khmum by the Kizuna bridge, the first in Cambodia to span the Mekong.

== Administrative division == The city is subdivided into four districts and 32 villages. {{wide image|Aerial View of Kampong Cham City.jpg|1100px|align-cap=center|Aerial View of Kampong Cham City}}

== Politics == The indirect election of the city council in 2014 gave the presidency to CPP which has won 11 out of the 15 seats in the city council, while CNRP won the rest.

== Sport == Kampong Cham has a great outdoor Olympic size 50 meter swimming pool with 5 and 10 meter diving boards. As of January 2020 the entry cost was US$2. There is a swim club, coached by Japanese volunteers.

== Climate == The city has a tropical climate. When compared with winter, the summers have much more rainfall. This location is classified as Aw by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature in Kampong Cham is 27.7 °C. Precipitation here averages 1721 mm per year.

{{Weather box | width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Kampong Cham (1982–2024) | Jan high C = 31.1 | Feb high C = 32.9 | Mar high C = 34.5 | Apr high C = 35.0 | May high C = 34.1 | Jun high C = 33.2 | Jul high C = 32.3 | Aug high C = 31.6 | Sep high C = 31.0 | Oct high C = 30.8 | Nov high C = 29.3 | Dec high C = 29.9 | Jan low C = 23.3 | Feb low C = 24.4 | Mar low C = 25.9 | Apr low C = 26.9 | May low C = 26.7 | Jun low C = 26.3 | Jul low C = 26.0 | Aug low C = 25.9 | Sep low C = 25.8 | Oct low C = 25.4 | Nov low C = 24.6 | Dec low C = 22.9 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 13.7 | Feb precipitation mm = 7.0 | Mar precipitation mm = 48.1 | Apr precipitation mm = 94.9 | May precipitation mm = 177.8 | Jun precipitation mm = 197.7 | Jul precipitation mm = 167.5 | Aug precipitation mm = 174.7 | Sep precipitation mm = 254.6 | Oct precipitation mm = 250.3 | Nov precipitation mm = 87.5 | Dec precipitation mm = 18.8 |Jan humidity = 67 |Feb humidity = 66 |Mar humidity = 66 |Apr humidity = 68 |May humidity = 76 |Jun humidity = 79 |Jul humidity = 79 |Aug humidity = 81 |Sep humidity = 83 |Oct humidity = 81 |Nov humidity = 76 |Dec humidity = 72 | source 1 = World Meteorological Organization<ref>{{cite web |url = https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=3641 |title = World Weather Information Service |publisher = World Meteorological Organization |access-date = 18 March 2026}}</ref> | source 2 = Weatherbase (humidity)<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=59984&cityname=Kampong-Cham-Kampong-Cham-Cambodia | title = KAMPONG CHAM, CAMBODIA | publisher = Weatherbase | access-date = 19 May 2016}} </ref> }}

==See also== * Cham people * Cham language

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