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BATTAMBANG, or BATTAMBONG (locally Phratabong)

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 529 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAR-BEC
BATTAMBANG, or BATTAMBONG (locally Phratabong) , the
chief
  town of the north-western division of
Cambodia
 , formerly
capital
  of Monton Kmer, i.e. " The Cambodian Division," one of the eastern provinces of Siam, now included in the French protectorate of
Cambodia
 . It is situated in lo3 6' E., 13 6' N., in the midst of a fertile plain and on the river Sang Ke, which flows eastwards and falls into the Tonle or Tale Sap, the
great
  lake of Cambodia. The town is a collection of bamboo houses of no importance, but there is a walled enceinte of some historical
interest
 .
Trade
  is small and is carried on by Chinese settlers, chiefly overland with Bangkok, but to a small extent also by water with Saigon. The population is about 5000, two-thirds Cambodian and the
remainder
  Chinese and Siamese. The language is Cambodian.
Battambang
  was taken by the Siamese when they overran the kingdom of Cambodia towards the end of the 18th century, and was recognized by the French as belonging to Siam When the frontier of Cambodia was adjusted by treaty in 1867-1872. In another treaty in 1893, Siam bound herself to maintain no armed forces there other than police, but this arrangement was annulled by the treaty of 1904, by which
Battambang
  was definitely admitted to lie within the French sphere of influence. Under a further treaty in
March
  1907 (see SIAM), the
district
  of Battambang was finally ceded to the French.


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