Kampong Leang
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Kampong Leaeng ស្រុកកំពងលែង |
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| District (srok) | |
 Kampong Leaeng
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| Coordinates: 12°16′N 104°43′E / 12.267°N 104.717°E | |
| Country |
 Cambodia
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| Province | Kampong Chhnang |
| Communes | 9 |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 37,379 |
| Time zone | +7 |
| Geocode | 0404 |
Kampong Leaeng District (Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់លែង) is a district (srok) in the north east of Kampong Chhnang Province, in central Cambodia. The district capital is Kampong Leaeng town located around 4 kilometres east of the provincial capital of Kampong Chhnang in a direct line. Kampong Leaeng District is the northernmost district of Kampong Chhnang. The district shares a border with Kampong Thom province to north and east. Much of the district is low-lying floodplain and the Tonle Sap river runs through the district roughly from north to south. In the south of the district are two significant mountains. Phnom Chrak Tunling and Phnom Neang Kangrei both over 1000 metres in elevation.
The district has very little road infrastructure. There is one provincial ring road that circles the small mountains in the district's south. This road is accessible from National Highway 6 in Stueng Saen District of Kampong Thom. Settlements are located along this road or along the Tonle Sap river and various smaller tributaries. Kampong Leaeng District is the second largest district in Kampong Chhnang province by land area and only Tuek Phos is larger. However, it has the smallest district population in the province after Chol Kiri due to its flooded landscape and lack of road transport infrastructure.
In 2008, Kampong Leaeng was the site of a diarrhoea epidemic that struck down over 100 people in Samraong Saen commune. As safe potable water sources are rare in the district people had been taking drinking water from stagnant ponds. This contaminated water was believed to have caused the epidemic. Forty six people were affected by the water in the first 24 hours and three days later the toll had risen to 113 people. Medical staff from Kampong Chhnang hospital were dispatched by boat to stay in the commune to provide treatment and monitor those affected. Five people became seriously ill and were hospitalised.
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