Kratié (town)
Kratié
ក្រចេះ Kracheh | |
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  Kratié Location within Cambodia | |
| Coordinates: 12°28′48″N 106°01′48″E / 12.48000°N 106.03000°E | |
| Country |  Cambodia |
| Province | Kratié |
| Municipality | Kratié |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 28,317 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
Kratié (Khmer: ក្រចេះ, Krâchéh [krɑceh]), also spelled Kracheh, is the capital of Kratié Province in eastern Cambodia. It is also a sangkat within Kratié Municipality.
Geography
[edit]Kratié 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.
Fauna
[edit]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, a collaborative project between WWF, World Conservation Society Fisheries Administration, and Cambodian Rural Development Team, estimated that there are between 66 and 86 dolphins left in the upper Cambodian Mekong area.[2]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Kratié (1982–2024) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.5 (90.5) |
33.7 (92.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
22.6 (72.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.8 (0.23) |
25.6 (1.01) |
65.1 (2.56) |
90.8 (3.57) |
222.3 (8.75) |
253.7 (9.99) |
224.5 (8.84) |
275.7 (10.85) |
294.2 (11.58) |
204.8 (8.06) |
73.9 (2.91) |
10.2 (0.40) |
1,746.6 (68.75) |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[3] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Irrawaddy dolphin in the Mekong
References
[edit]- ↑ "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019 – Final Results" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. Ministry of Planning. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ↑ Richard Zanre (20 June 2008). "Report Abundance of Mekong Dolphin Population, 2007". WWF. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ↑ "World Weather Information Service". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
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