Kampong Siem District
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Kampong Siem ស្រុកកំពង់សៀម |
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| District (srok) | |
 Kampong Siem
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| Coordinates: 12°0′52″N 105°25′3″E / 12.01444°N 105.41750°E | |
| Country |
 Cambodia
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| Province | Kampong Cham |
| Communes | 15 |
| Villages | 112 |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 99,056 |
| Time zone | +7 |
| Geocode | 0306 |
Kampong Siem District (Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់សៀម "Port of Siam") is a district (srok) located in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. The district surrounds the provincial capital Kampong Cham City. The administrative center of the district locates not far from the Provincial capital of Kampong Cham in Ampil Leu Village, Ampil Commune about 3 km west from the center of Kampong Cham city on National Highway 7 and is 120 kilometres by road from Phnom Penh. The district borders on the western bank of the Mekong for most of its length.
In February 2007 the United States Peace Corps sent 29 volunteers to live in Kampong Siem District. This marked the beginning of the first ever Peace Corps mission in Cambodia. During a nine-week stay in the district the group of volunteers from San Francisco studied the Khmer language, acclimatised themselves to the local way of life, tried eating deep fried tarantulas and began teaching English.
Kampong Siem district is in central Kampong Cham Province and is surrounded by other Kampong Cham districts. Reading from the north clockwise, Kampong Cham shares a border with Stueng Trang District while Krouch Chhmar and Tbong Khmom districts form the eastern boundary. To the south of Kampong Siem is Koh Soutin District. The three districts of Kang Meas, Prey Chor and Chamkar Leu make up the western border of the district. Kampong Siem also surrounds the tiny Kampong Cham City which is the provincial capital.
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