Kratié (town)

Kratié ក្រចេះ Kracheh
City and sangkat
12°28′48″N 106°01′48″E / 12.48000°N 106.03000°E / 12.48000; 106.03000
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

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]

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