Cheung Prey district
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Cheung Prey is a district of Kampong Cham province, Cambodia. The district capital is Skuon town. This busy market town has grown up around the intersection of National Highway 6 and National Highway
Fried spiders for sale at the market in Skuon, Cheung Prey
Countryside in Cheung Prey district
The Cambodian uprising of 1840–1841 was a general uprising of Khmer people against direct Vietnamese rule in September 1840. In response to Siamese invasion of Cambodia and Southern Vietnam in 1833, t
Nguyễn Văn Thoại the bảo hộ or Vietnamese resident of Cambodia, posthumously honored as Thoại Ngọc Hầu.
Siamese invasion of Cambodia and Southern Vietnam in November 1833 led to the Battle of Vàm Nao in January 1834, resulting in Siamese retreat and Vietnamese exertion of authority over Cambodia.
Provincial government reform of Trấn Tây in 1840 redivided Cambodia into ten districts, four under direct central administration, two each under governors of Hải Tây (Pursat) Hải Đông (Kampong Thom) and Sơn Tĩnh (Sambok).