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Soutr Nikom District

district of Cambodia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 9, 2024
Entity authorityQ4929573 ↗
Source-derived summary

Soutr Nikom District (Sout ~ / ~ Nikum; Khmer: ស្រុកសូទ្រនិគម) is a district of Siem Reap Province, in north western Cambodia. According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 90,080.

The district is home to the Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport.

Administrative divisions

Soutr Nikom District has 10 communes and 113 villages.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Soutr Nikom District” as district of Cambodia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Soutr, Nikom and District.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Soutr, Nikom and District providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Soutr Nikom District”, the useful work is to connect “district of Cambodia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 9, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q4929573. Authority coordinates are 13.232, 104.130. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Soutr Nikom District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Soutr Nikom District primary sources, Soutr Nikom District archive and Soutr research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Soutr Nikom District”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Soutr Nikom District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.