Bokor city to be established

The government has decided to establish a new city, named Bokor city, situated in Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, to be developed as a tourist and historic city.

According to a sub-decree signed by Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, dated 28 June 2019, the government aims to establish a new town called Bokor City.

The city of Bokor is connected to the southern corridor of Cambodia, including Kampot, Kep, Sihanoukville, and Koh Kong, an area designated as a major tourist attraction.

The vision for the development of Bokor City for 2035 cites that, “the vision by 2035 is the development of Bokor City and Bokor Mountain into a smart city of tourism, natural history and mountain scenery which is the greatest in Cambodia”.

Based on the master plan, the uses of the land for development of Bokor City is categorised into types of land include a residential area, commercial area, mixed-use area, transport area, tourist area, administrative and public service areas, public and green spaces, cultural and religious and technical infrastructure areas.

Bokor town sits on 27, 943 hectares of land, equivalent to 18% of the area of Preah Monivong National Park -Bokor, which covers over 154,544 hectares of land.

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has studied and developed the plan for using land for the Bokor City Development Project.

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