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Mondulkiri
is an eastern province of Cambodia. It is the
most sparsely populated province in the country
although being the largest province in Cambodia.
Its capital is Senmonorom. Mondulkiri is known
for its forested hills and powerful waterfalls.
Mondulkiri is a candidate for eco-tourism in Cambodia.

Minorities/Hill Tribes of Mondulkiri
80 percent of the Mondulkiri's population is made
up of ten tribal minorities, with the majority
of them being Phnong. The remaining 20 percent
are Khmer, Chinese and Muslim Cham. The population
lives off the land, planting rice, fruit trees
and a variety of vegetables. Others grow strawberries,
coffee, rubber and cashew nuts. Although more
and more houses are built in 'Khmer style', you
still can find the traditional Phnong houses.
In the houses you'll find big jars, which are
said to be more than a thousand years old, and
traditional gongs. There are various sorts of
gongs used at different occasions. Jars and gongs
are among the most valuable possessions of indigenous
communities both in traditional and spiritual
as well as material terms. During the times of
Pol Pot those objects were buried in hidden places
in the jungle and in many cases they still wait
in the ground.

Waterfalls
Many majestic waterfalls are found in Mondulkiri.
Bou
Sra Waterfall
Located at Pich Chinda District, 43 kilometers
from Senmonorom Bou Sra is the largest waterfall,
made famous by a popular Khmer song in Modulkiri
and has two stages.

Senmonorom
Waterfall
5 km from town and an easy walk, is not much to
look at and used to be a nice picnic spot until
the japanese built a hydro electric powerstation
there and stole all the water.
Romnea
Waterfall
10 kilometers from Senmonorom, is actually 1 of
3 large waterfalls that has now been deforested
and privatised by Nature Lodge Guesthouse.
Villages
Pou Lung, 10 km (15min) from Senmonorom
Pou Trou, 20 km (1hour) from Senmonorom
Pou Tang, 8 km (30min) from Senmonorom
Land grabbing
Instances of dispossession of indigenous lands
are occurring in some parts of the province and
also in the adjacent province of Ratanakkiri.[citation
needed] Over one hundred and twenty thousand hectres
of forest cover communal lands have been lost
in the 2007/2008 economic cycle due to landgrabbing.

Districts
The province is subdivided into 5 districts, which
are further subdivided into 21 communes and 98
villages.
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