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Battambang province with the administrative centers is located on the north-west of Cambodia. The name of Battambang and, the legend of Dambang Kranonge, means "the loss of a club" According to legend, the name of the city was the place to which fell magic mace, made from the sacred tree. Master Dambang threw a club in the King, who rode on a magical horse to regain the throne, but the mace flew past and the place of its falling began to grow rice and people built this place the city and called it Battambang.

Battambang is the second largest city in Cambodia after Phnom Penh, but he is still full of a provincial atmosphere. During the war years Battmabanga infrastructure was completely destroyed, and when it was a leading producer of rice in Cambodia. Currently, the population of the city of Battambang is about 250 thousand people and the province consist of 13 districts, with about 1 million people.

The city is home to some of the best preserved monuments of the French colonial architecture in the country. Until recently, Battambang was away from the tourist routes, but the city evolves and becomes attractive to tourists visiting the various temples, such as Phnom Banon (Phnom Banon) and Wat Phnom eq (Wat Ek Phnom), as well as museums and caves of death.

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Throughout its history Battambang times had changed hands between Thailand and Cambodia from 15 century. In 1907, Cambodia re-established control, but the territory in 1941, the Thais with the Japanese captured him again and he was under their control for several years. Before the civil war in Cambodia, Battambang was the largest and richest province of Cambodia, but lost most of the territory creates the province of Banteay Meanchey, became only the fifth largest province.

Battambang's economy was always based on rice exports, but exports fell sharply after the outbreak of civil war. In the early nineties under the national program was made to restore the rice fields and rubber plantations in Battambang, which is now being exported. In addition to rice in Battambang grown corn, potatoes, beans, groundnuts, chili, pineapple, grapefruit and saffron, adjusted production of coconut oil. In addition to agriculture in Battambang involved livestock and fisheries. In the mid-nineties, Battambang was one of the largest exporters of wood, before it was not possible due to lack of transport and roads. There are numerous mining operations such as phosphates, limestone, salt, and semiprecious stones.

As throughout Cambodia, Battambang is the official currencyis Ryel, they also use the American dollar and Thai baht. Any bank can hold Battmabanga cashing traveler's checks, withdrawing money from plastic cards, as well as carry out all operations related to the transfer of money through Western Union system and MoneyChanger and goldsellers.

The Internet in Battambang, including Wi-Fi is in some hotels around the city of Battambang there are many internet cafes, but the speed is certainly leaves much to be desired, you can also take advantage of Skype and other low-cost internet telephony. Internet Price from 1 to 1,5 hour.