CAMBODIA

CAMBODIA / ស្រុកខ្មែរ

Opening of Sihanoukville port.
Map of Souhanoukville and portrait of King Norodom Sihanouk.
Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 02.04.1960.
Face value: 5 Cambodian riel.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 99.
- Scott No. 77.
- StampWorld No. 99.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 99.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 85.

Sihanoukville (Khmer: ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ [Krŏng Preăh Seihănŭ], also known as Kampong Som (Khmer: កំពង់សោម [Kâmpóng Saôm]), is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand. The city, which was named in honour of former king Norodom Sihanouk (portrait on the stamp), had a population of around 73,000 people in 2019, and approximately 66,700 in its urban center. A relatively young city, established November 22, 1957, it has evolved in parallel with the construction of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, which commenced in June 1955, as the country's gateway to direct international sea trade. Sihanoukville's many beaches and nearby islands make it Cambodia's premier seaside resort with steadily rising numbers of national visitors and international tourists since the late-20th century.