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Many years ago, Palin was a small forest area with rich flora and fauna. The Title Pailin transformed from Ban Len (Pan Len), from the legend of the 18 century, which refers to the group of hunters who hunted the animals and in pursuit of them reached the modern Pailin, where they were dense jungle of which flowed a river called the Tong, it Hunters saw the otters play, which saw them run away.

Going to a place where they played, they found a small light stone, and decided to take it to show family and friends. It was a gem and there began their prey, and the place was called Phee Leng, which means that something connected with the play of otters.

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Residents of Siam, and at that time belonged to the province of Siam, called him on the Siamese Phee, Phai, or Leng. Once the province was returned to Cambodia, the French called it as Phailin, later on because of difficulties in pronunciation of the word was reduced to Pailin (Pailin).

In late 1970 Palin was a prosperous city with a rich deposits cameo. It is for this reason that Palin was one of the first towns where invaded by the Khmer Rouge, before the start of a major offensive against Phnom Penh. Pailin no resistance when they entered the city, because the Khmer Rouge were met as liberators. At that time, the deposed king was in alliance with the Khmer Rouge and the residents of Pailin believed that together they are drilled for the restoration of power.

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Some time passed, most residents of Pailin was sent to the countryside for work in rice fields, and those who were connected with the government were killed. Khmer Rouge used the proceeds from the sale of minerals in Pailin for financing their military operations, and then their government when they came to power. When the Vietnamese army liberated Phnom Penh, the Khmer kmery "retreated to Pailin, and many of their leaders were hiding there for years in fear of punishment for their crimes.

Even today, in Pailin are many people from the former Khmer Rouge in 2007, some leaders were at the court of an international tribunal, including Nuon Chea (Nuon Chea) who served as prime minister during the regime of the Khmer Rouge and former Chairman of the Presidium of the time Khieu Samphan (Khieu Samphan). Pailin was one of the most heavily mined areas in Cambodia, therefore, traveling on Palin does not bow out of the marked roads. Currently, much of the Pailin cleared by the UN.