Batdāmbāng, also known as Battambang, town in western Cambodia (also known as Kāmpuchéa), capital of Batdāmbāng Province. A junction for trains to Thailand, Batdāmbāng is divided by the seasonally navigable Sāngkź River, which flows through Tonle Sap (Great Lake) and into a major rice-growing area. Phosphate, cacao, betel nuts, cardamom, fruit, and fish are processed in the town. An ancient Khmer city with 10th-century ruins, Batdāmbāng was a part of Siam (now Thailand) from 1794 to 1907 and from 1941 to 1946. Batdāmbāng underwent considerable social and economic change during political turmoil in the country in the 1970s, and its population fluctuated with the movement of refugees. Population (1990 estimate) 94,412.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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