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BATTAMBANG, or BATTAMBONG (locally Phratabong)

BATTAMBANG, or BATTAMBONG (locally Phratabong) , the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

north-western See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

CAMBODIA

Cambodia, formerly See also:

capital of Monton Kmer, i.e. " The Cambodian Division," one of the eastern provinces of See also:

SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam, now included in the See also:

French See also:

PROTECTORATE

protectorate of Cambodia. It is situated in lo3° 6' E., 13 6' N., in the midst of a fertile See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and on the See also:

RIVER

river Sang Ke, which flows eastwards and falls into the Tonle or See also:

TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

Tale See also:

SAP

Sap, the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

lake of Cambodia. The town is a collection of See also:

BAMBOO

bamboo houses of no importance, but there is a walled See also:

ENCEINTE (Lat. in, within, cinctus, girdled; to be distinguished from the word meaning " pregnant," from in, not, and cinctus, i.e. with girdle loosened)

enceinte of some See also:

HISTORICAL

historical See also:

INTEREST

interest. See also:

Trade is small and is carried on by See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese settlers, chiefly overland with See also:

BANGKOK

Bangkok, but to a small extent also by See also:

WATER

water with See also:

SAIGON

Saigon. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is about 5000, two-thirds Cambodian and the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder Chinese and Siamese. The See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language is Cambodian. Battambang was taken by the Siamese when they overran the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of Cambodia towards the end of the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and was recognized by the French as belonging to Siam When the frontier of Cambodia was adjusted by treaty in 1867-1872. In another treaty in 1893, Siam See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound herself to maintain no armed forces there other than See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police, but this arrangement was annulled by the treaty of 1904, by which Battambang was definitely admitted to See also:

lie within the French See also:

SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence. Under a further treaty in See also:

March 1907 (see SIAM), the See also:

DISTRICT

district of Battambang was finally ceded to the French.

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