Poipet
Poipet (Khmer: ប៉ោយប៉ែត [paojpaet]) is a boomtown on the Cambodian-Thai border, in Poipet Municipality, Banteay Meanchey Province. It is a key crossing point between the two countries, and also extremely popular as a gambling destination as gambling is popular, but mostly illegal in Thailand.
Poipet
ប៉ោយប៉ែត | |
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Poipet skyline | |
Poipet Location of Poipet, Cambodia | |
| Coordinates: 13°39′N 102°34′E | |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Province | Banteay Meanchey |
| Municipality | Poipet |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 98,934 |
| • Density | 3,614/km2 (9,360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (ICT) |
| Poipet | |
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| Khmer name | |
| Khmer | ប៉ោយប៉ែត UNGEGN: Paôypêt GD: Paoypaet ALA-LC: P″oip″aet IPA: [paojpaet] |
Poipet is adjacent to the town of Aranyaprathet on the Thai side of the border. The town came into existence only quite recently for the express purpose of border trade; Sisophon had always been the primary urban center in what had been an agricultural area. Poipet's population has increased from 43,366 in the 1998 census to 89,549 in the 2008 census, making it the fourth most populous settlement in Cambodia just ahead of Sihanoukville and larger than its provincial capital Sisophon.