Sihanoukville
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Sihanoukville, also known as Kampong Som, or Kampong Saom, is a port city in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. The city was founded in 1964 to be the only deep water port in Cambodia and its beaches are rapidly making it popular as a tourist destination. Some 320,000 tourists visited Sihanoukville in 2006, up by 30 percent from 2005. The city is named after King Norodom Sihanouk.
The city is served by Sihanoukville International Airport. The flights between Sihanoukville and Siem Reap will encourage tourists to extend their stay in Cambodia to enjoy the kingdom's sandy beaches here after seeing the Angkor temples in Siem Reap.
