Kâmpóng Chhnăng

Kâmpóng Chhnăng, town, central Cambodia. Kâmpóng Chhnăng is located just west of the Sab River (the outlet for the Tonle Sap) and has port facilities. It is connected to Phnom Penh, the national capital, by a national highway route and railway.

The surrounding area is occupied by Khmer peoples, some of whom tend rice paddies and live on floating fishing villages during the monsoonal high-water season. The major products of the area are pottery, rice, and bananas, supplemented by fishing. Pop. (1998) 41,703; (2008) 43,130.