Kirivong district

Kirivong
ស្រុកកិរីវង់
	⛶
Administration
Type	District
Country	Cambodia
Province	Takeo
Elevation	50–400 m
Documentation
Growing Regions	0
Growing Areas	0
Accessions	11

Kirivong (ស្រុកកិរីវង់) is a district (srok) of Takeo province, Cambodia, bordering Vietnam to the south and east. The district is defined by the Bayong Kor mountain range, a low forested range that runs along the Vietnamese border.

Kirivong is the primary centre of landrace cannabis cultivation in Cambodia, known in enforcement reports as the "Green Triangle." For full documentation of cannabis cultivation, growing practices, market data and eradication campaigns, see the main growing area article: Kirivong.

Geography

Kirivong district occupies the southeastern corner of Takeo province. The Bayong Kor mountains form its dominant geographic feature, rising from the lowland rice paddies (~50 m) to approximately 400 m. The district's border with Vietnam's Tay Ninh and Long An provinces makes it a natural corridor for cross-border trade.^[1]

Administration

Kirivong district comprises multiple communes (khum), of which four in the Bayong Kor range are consistently identified in enforcement reports as centres of cannabis cultivation: Preah Bat Choan Chum, Prey Ampok, Som and Kiri Chung Koh.^[1]^[2]

Growing Areas

Growing Area	Has conservation status
Kirivong	Endangered

Accessions

Accession ID	Name	Priority	Collected	Locality
ZOM-KHM-TAK-002024001	Kirivong General Population 2024	Critical	20 June 2024
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420230002	Kirivong 'Lime' General Population 2023	Critical	15 April 2023	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420230003	Kirivong 'Cambodian Red' General Population 2023	Critical	15 April 2023	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420230004	Kirivong 'Phnom Bayang' General Population 2023		15 April 2023	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420230005	Kirivong 'Ta Ou' General Population 2023	Critical	15 April 2023	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420230001	Kirivong General Population 2023	Critical	15 April 2023	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420230006	Kirivong 'Pha-aok' General Population 2023	Critical	15 April 2023	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420220002	Kirivong 'Lime' General Population 2022	Critical	15 April 2022	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420220003	Kirivong 'Cambodian Red' General Population 2022	Critical	15 April 2022	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420220004	Kirivong 'Mango Passion' General Population 2022	Critical	15 April 2022	Secret
ZOM-KHM-TAK-0420220001	Kirivong General Population 2022	Critical	15 April 2022	Secret

Recent News

Article	Date	Category
News:2025-02-03/Enforcement/authorities-burn-3-365-marijuana-plants-in-raid-on-bayang-kor-mountain-cambodia	3 February 2025	Enforcement
News:2023-03-07/Policy/cracking-down-on-marijuana-plantations-a-tough-task-for-authorities-in-takeo	7 March 2023	Policy
News:2023-01-10/Policy/takeos-kirivong-district-cited-as-cambodias-top-marijuana-cultivation-area	10 January 2023	Policy
News:2022-06-23/Enforcement/10-marijuana-plantations-destroyed-in-ta-o-commune-kirivong-takeo	23 June 2022	Enforcement
News:2021-12-27/Policy/new-takeo-police-chief-vows-to-eliminate-all-marijuana-plantations	27 December 2021	Policy
News:2021-12-06/Enforcement/takeo-police-chief-orders-crackdown-on-kirivong-marijuana-cultivation-blames-local-authorities-lack-of-will	6 December 2021	Enforcement
News:2021-10-03/Enforcement/marijuana-plants-destroyed-at-four-locations-in-kirivong-takeo	3 October 2021	Enforcement
News:2021-08-11/Enforcement/five-marijuana-farms-and-four-reservoirs-destroyed-in-ta-o-commune-kirivong	11 August 2021	Enforcement
News:2021-07-25/Enforcement/marijuana-crops-burned-across-13-locations-in-kirivong-takeo	25 July 2021	Enforcement
News:2021-07-06/Enforcement/kirivong-police-burn-marijuana-crops-across-13-locations	6 July 2021	Enforcement
News:2021-06-12/Enforcement/marijuana-plantation-found-at-mount-ondong-thmar-bak-prey-ampok-commune-kirivong	12 June 2021	Enforcement
News:2021-05-25/Enforcement/thousands-of-marijuana-seedlings-destroyed-on-toteung-mountain-kirivong-takeo	25 May 2021	Enforcement
News:2021-05-21/Enforcement/eight-marijuana-sites-destroyed-in-bayong-kor-mountains-police-report-maps-four-commune-cultivation-zone	21 May 2021	Enforcement
News:2021-01-30/Enforcement/20-000-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-5-farms-in-kirivong-takeo	30 January 2021	Enforcement
News:2020-08-05/Enforcement/15-000-marijuana-plants-destroyed-across-2-hectares-in-kirivong-takeo	5 August 2020	Enforcement
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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ry Sochan. "Hunt on for Takeo marijuana growers." Phnom Penh Post, 1 June 2021. [1]
↑ Khouth Sophak Chakrya. "Officers told to tackle marijuana cultivation." Phnom Penh Post, 6 December 2021. [2]

[bayongkor-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ry Sochan. "Hunt on for Takeo marijuana growers." Phnom Penh Post, 1 June 2021. [1]

[phannara2021-2] Khouth Sophak Chakrya. "Officers told to tackle marijuana cultivation." Phnom Penh Post, 6 December 2021. [2]

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