Khan Pou Senchey
district of Cambodia
Pou Senchey (Khmer: ខណ្ឌពោធិ៍សែនជ័យ) is an administrative district (khan) of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Phnom Penh International Airport is in Pou Senchey District.
Administration
Khan Pou Senchey was established in 2011 by taking the following 13 Sangkats from Khan Dangkao: Trapeang Krasang, Kouk Roka, Phleung Chheh Roteh, Chaom Chau, Kakab, Samraong Kraom, Krang Thnong, Boeng Thum, Kamboul, Kantaok, Ovlaok, Ponsang and Snaor.
In 2013, Kouk Roka and Ponsang formed a part of a new entity, Khan Prek Pnov, while Krang Thnong was moved to Khan Sen Sok. In 2016, Chaom Chau was split in three separate Sangkats and Kakab was split in two parts.
On 8 January 2019, according to sub-decree 04 អនក្រ.បក, 6 Sangkats from Khan Pou Senchey were moved to a new khan, Khan Kamboul; the Sangkats involved were Kamboul, Kantaok, Ovlaok, Snaor, Phleung Chheh Roteh and Boeng Thum.
As of 2020, Pou Senchey is subdivided into seven Sangkats (communes) and 75 Phums (villages).
“Khan Pou Senchey” enters the record as district of Cambodia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Khan, Senchey and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 7, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q14847076. Authority coordinates are 11.541, 104.833. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019.
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