Phnom Srok District

Phnom Srok ស្រុកភ្នំស្រុក
District (srok)
The sarus crane
Map showing the location of the district within Banteay Meanchey Province.
Phnom Srok Location in Cambodia
Coordinates: 13°47′N 103°10′E / 13.783°N 103.167°E / 13.783; 103.167
Country	Cambodia
Province	Banteay Meanchey
Communes	6
Villages	55
Government
• Governor	Mr. Kim Chhoung
Population (2008)
• Total	46,395
Time zone	+7
Geocode	0103

Phnom Srok District (Khmer: ស្រុកភ្នំស្រុក, "Hillside Village") is a district (srok) in the east of Banteay Meanchey Province, in north-western Cambodia. The district capital is Phnom Srok town located around 52 kilometres north east of the provincial capital of Sisophon by road. Phnom Srok District is the easternmost district of Banteay Meanchey. The district shares a border with both Siem Reap Province and Oddar Meanchey Province to the east. There are no major roads within the district and it is quite isolated.

The district can be accessed by road from Sisophon (52 km) or Siem Reap (city) (70 km). Though there are no major roads, numerous tertiary roads run through from the district centre to the nearby districts of Kralanh, Chong Kal, Svay Chek and Preah Net Preah. The district encompasses significant wetlands and the large Democratic Kampuchea era reservoir of Ang Trapaing Thmor. Due to its relative isolation, these wetlands are home to numerous rare and endangered bird species and 10,000 hectares within the district has been declared a nature reserve for the preservation of these species.

Located in the centre of the district, the Ang Trapaing Thmor Crane Sanctuary is a protected area which was gazetted on 1 January 1999. The sanctuary covers an area of 10,250 hectares and is found at 13° 52' 7"N, 103° 18' 4"E. The reserve was set aside to protect the rare eastern sarus crane (Grus antigone sharpii). Prior to the discovery of the crane at Trapaing Thmor, there were thought to be fewer than 1,000 of the birds left alive in the world.

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