Preah Net Preah District
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Preah Netr Preah ស្រុកព្រះនេត្រព្រះ |
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 Map showing the location of the district within Banteay Meanchey Province. |
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 Preah Netr Preah
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| Coordinates: 13°37′N 103°15′E / 13.617°N 103.250°E | |
| Country |
 Cambodia
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| Province | Banteay Meanchey |
| Communes | 8 |
| Villages | 102 |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 87,089 |
| Time zone | +7 |
| Geocode | 0104 |
Preah Netr Preah (Khmer: ស្រុកព្រះនេត្រព្រះ, "Eyes of the Lord") is a district (srok) in the east of Banteay Meanchey Province, in north-western Cambodia. The district capital is Preah Netr Preah town located around 24 kilometres due east of the provincial capital of Sisophon by road. Preah Netr Preah District is one of the eastern-most districts of Banteay Meanchey. The district shares a border with both Siem Reap Province and Battambang Province to the east and the south respectively. Two major watercourses, the Sangke River and the Mongkol Borei River run through the district.
The district is easily accessed by road from Sisophon (24 km) and Siem Reap (city) (78 km). Preah Netr Preah is one of the largest districts in Banteay Meanchey province by land area and only Thma Pouk District is larger. National Highway 6 which begins in Skun town Kampong Cham Province and ends at Sisophon bisects the district running from east to west. Various smaller roads connect the district with Phnom Srok District and Mongkol Borei District.
A 10 kilometre long, incomplete Khmer Rouge dam in Preah Netr Preah district is known as the "Dam of Widows". The dam gained wider attention as the title of a book La Digue Des Veuves or, in English, The Dam of Widows: Survivors of the Khmer Rouge Hell by the Frenchwoman Denise Affonço.
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