Kratié (town)

Kratié (Khmer: ក្រចេះ, Krâchéh) is the capital of Kratié Province in eastern Cambodia.

For the municipality, see Kratié Municipality.
Kratié

ក្រចេះ

Krâchéh
Town
Pagoda in Kratié
Kratié
Location of Kratié (city), Cambodia
Coordinates: 12°28′48″N 106°01′48″E
Country Cambodia
ProvinceKratié Province
DistrictKratié District
Government
 • TypeCity
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total38,215
Irrawaddy dolphin in Mekong River

Geography

The small town has a population of about 38,215 and lies on the banks of the Mekong River. The city is dominated by a central marketplace surrounded by old, French colonial buildings. Red flowered trees grow in rows along the riverbank. The town includes big islands with white sand beaches within the Mekong. The stretch of river north of the city is home to a group of rare Irrawaddy dolphins. The dolphins are the town's main tourist attraction.

A survey conducted in 2007 by Cambodian Mekong Dolphin Conservation Project (CMDCP), a collaborative project between WWF, World Conservation Society, Fisheries Administration and Cambodian Rural Development Team (CRDT), estimated that there are between 66 and 86 dolphins left in the upper Cambodian Mekong area.[2]

References
  1. "2008 census". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
  2. Richard Zanre (20 June 2008). "Report Abundance of Mekong Dolphin Population, 2007". WWF. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

  1. Cambodia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population. World Gazetteer
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