Phnom Sankos Wildlife Sanctuary

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Phnom Sankos Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Location Primarily Pursat Province, Cambodia
Nearest city Pursat
Coordinates 12°16′17″N102°58′36″E / 12.2713°N 102.9767°E / 12.2713; 102.9767 Coordinates: 12°16′17″N102°58′36″E / 12.2713°N 102.9767°E / 12.2713; 102.9767 [1]
Area 3,337.5 km2 (1,288.6 sq mi) [1]
Established 1994 [1]

The Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area of the Cardamom Mountains in western Cambodia, adjacent to the international border with Thailand. Located on the western part of the range, it contains mountainous terrain dominated by three discrete peaks: Cambodia's second highest peak, Phnom Samkos (1,717 m), Phnom Khmaoch (1,496 m) and Phnom Tumpor (1,250 m). The area includes an Important Bird Area. [2]

Cardamom Mountains mountain chain in Cambodia

The Krâvanh Mountains, literally the "Cardamom Mountains", is a mountain range in the south west of Cambodia and Eastern Thailand.

Cambodia Southeast Asian sovereign state

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

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Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces. At 513,120 km2 (198,120 sq mi) and over 68 million people, Thailand is the world's 50th largest country by total area and the 21st-most-populous country. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, a special administrative area. Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Myanmar. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. Although nominally a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, the most recent coup in 2014 established a de facto military dictatorship.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Phnom Sankos Wildlife Sanctuary". WCMC . Retrieved 2009-09-14.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "BirdLife International (2009) Important Bird Area factsheet: Phnom Samkos, Cambodia". BirdLife International . Retrieved 2009-09-14.

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