Kompong cham

Kampong Cham District (Khmer: ស្រុកកំពង់ចាម)is a district (srok) of Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. Kampong Cham is considered an urban district. The provincial capital Kampong Cham City is located in this district. The city is located on National Highway 7 124 kilometres by road from the capital Phnom Penh. The district is split by the Mekong and the capital is located on the western bank of the river.[2]
In 2001, the Kizuna bridge was opened in Kampong Cham District. It was the first bridge to be built over the Mekong river in Cambodia.[3] Construction of the bridge was funded by a $56 million grant from the Japanese government. At 1500 metres in length it was the longest bridge in Cambodia until the 1900 metre Thai-Cambodian bridge was built in Koh Kong in 2002.[4] The Kizuna bridge links eastern and western Cambodia by road for the first time. Construction of the bridge began in 1999 and took three years to complete. An estimated 10,000 people crowded the bridge for the opening ceremony.[5]