Mondulkiri

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**Mondulkiri**
មណ្ឌលគីរី
Statistics
Area:	14,288 km²
Inhabitants:	32,407 (1998)
Pop. density:	2.3 inh./km²
ISO 3166-2:	KH-12
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Mondulkiri is an eastern province of Cambodia. It is the most sparsely populated province in the country although being the largest province in Cambodia. Its capital is Senmonorom. Mondulkiri is known for its forested hills and powerful waterfalls. Mondulkiri is a candidate for eco-tourism in Cambodia.

1 Minorities/Hill Tribes of Mondulkiri
2 Tourist Attractions
3 Humman Rights Violations(land grabbing )
4 Districts
5 External links

80 percent of the Mondulkiri's population is made up of ten tribal minorities, with the majority of them being Phnong. The remaining 20 percent are Khmer, Chinese and Muslim Cham. The population lives off the land, planting rice, fruit trees and a variety of vegetables. Others grow strawberries, coffee, rubber and cashew nuts. Although more and more houses are built in 'Khmer style', you still can find the traditional Phnong houses. In the houses you'll find big jars, which are said to be more than a thousand years old, and traditional gongs. There are various sorts of gongs used at different occasions. Jars and gongs are among the most valuable possessions of indigenous communities both in traditional and spiritual as well as material terms. During the times of Pol Pot those objects were buried in hidden places in the jungle and in many cases they still wait in the ground.

Many majestic waterfalls are found in Mondulkiri.

Located at Pich Chinda District, 43 kilometers from Senmonorom by a very difficult road in the wet season but upgraded and passable in the dry season. Bou Sra is the largest waterfall, made famous by a popular Khmer song in Modulkiri and has two stages.

5 km from town and an easy walk, is not much to look at but makes for a nice picnic spot.

10 kilometers from Senmonorom, is actually 1 of 3 large waterfalls that has now been deforested and privatised.

Pou Lung, 10 km (15min) from Senmonorom
Pou Trou, 20 km (1hour) from Senmonorom
Pou Tang, 8 km (30min) from Senmonorom and the location for many elephant and walking treks

The instances of dispossession of indigenous lands are becoming a disturbing pattern in some parts of the province and also in the adjacent province of Ratamakiri. For more information on these disturbing activities go to www.ngoforum.org.kh/About%20Us/memberlists.htm http://www.licadho.org/

The province is subdivided into 5 districts.