Мондулкири провинциясы: табиғаты, халқы және мәдениеті

Province of Cambodia
the Cambodian province

The province is subdivided into 4 districts and 1 municipality, which are further subdivided into 17 communes (khum) and 4 quarters (sangkat), and 98 villages.]] Mondulkiri is Cambodia's largest and also most sparsely populated province, containing an area of with elevations ranging from It is located in the south east part of the country and borders three provinces in Vietnam; Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, and Bình Phước provinces. Three rivers cross the province; Srepok, Preaek Chhbaar, and Preaek te Rivers. The provincial capital is Senmonorom which is located in the southeastern part of the province about from Phnom Penh, the national capital.

Mondulkiri is known for its forested hills and powerful waterfalls. Some waterfalls include:
Bou Sra Waterfall. Located at Pich Chinda District, 43 kilometers from Senmonorom town, Bou Sra (or Busra) is the largest waterfall, made famous by a popular Khmer song in Mondulkiri. It is a three tiered natural waterfall with only the first two tiers accessible to public view. There is a zipline run by local hotel Mayura Hills Resort that runs over the waterfall. Senmonorom Waterfall. Five kilometers from town and an easy walk. Romnea Waterfall. Ten kilometers from Senmonorom, Romnea waterfall is actually 1 of 3 large waterfalls that has now been deforested and privatized.

Mondulkiri faces a significant threat from illegal loggers attempting to exploit the province's virgin tropical seasonal forests. The province holds a number of protected areas including Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, and Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary, which cover evergreen, semi evergreen, and dry Dipterocarp forests.

Eighty percent of Mondulkiri's population is made up of ten tribal minorities, with the majority of them being Bunong (alternatively spelled Phnong, Punong, or Pnong). The remaining 20 percent are Khmer, Chinese, and Cham Muslims.

The state religion is Theravada Buddhism. More than 70.4% of the people in Mondulkiri province are Buddhists. About 4.4% population of Mondulkiri province follow Islam followed by Chams. Christianity is followed by 4% in the province, while other religions are followed by 21.2% in this province.

Road development continues to impact seriously on indigenous communities like the Bunong ethnic group. According to a United Nations paper, the construction of a road from Mondulkiri to Ratanakiri has resulted in massive land grabbing. Senmonorom is connected to the rest of the province to the south west, along the border with Vietnam, by National Highway 76 and to the north by Highway 141.

Although more and more houses are built in 'Khmer style', traditional Bunong houses can still be found. Bunong houses contain large jars (which are said to be more than a thousand years old) and traditional gongs. There are various gongs used at different occasions. Jars and gongs are among the most valuable possessions of indigenous communities both in traditional and spiritual as well as material terms. In the 1970s, during the regime of the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot those objects were buried in hidden places in the jungle and in many cases still remain unfound.