Preah Monivong Bokor National Park (Outtyeancheat Preah Monivong Bokor) is a national park in southern Cambodia's Kampot Province that was set up in 1993 and covers 1,423.17 km2 (549.49 sq mi). It is assigned as an ASEAN Heritage Park.[1] It is situated in the Dâmrei Mountains, shaping the southeastern pieces of the Cardamom Mountains. The vast majority of the recreation center is around 1,000 meters above sealevel and the most elevated pinnacle is Phnom Bokor at 1,081 meters, likewise alluded to as Bokor Mountain.
The Dâmrei Mountains was some time ago a Khmer Rouge controlled region, yet in 1993, Preah Monivong National Park was initiated alongside most other national stops in Cambodia. It is one of just two ASEAN Heritage Parks in the nation.
Preah Monivong National Park is notable for the relinquished Bokor Hill Station, a remote settlement work by the French colonialists in 1921. They additionally assembled a Catholic church close by in 1928, an exceptionally uncommon sight in Cambodia. The recreation center is named subsequent to King Sisowath Monivong who used to visit the region and in the end kicked the bucket here in 1941. Monivong requested the development of a Buddhist sanctuary in the territory in 1924.
Lately the national park has turned into a well known visitor goal and now incorporates Thansur Bokor Highland Resort, an enormous lavish inn worked in 2012. In 2010, an enormous statue of Lok Yeay Mao was built in the zone. Lok Yeay Mao is a mythic courageous woman from Cambodian Buddhism and is said to ensure explorers, trackers and angling men. At 29 meters, it is the tallest Yeay Mao statue in the nation.
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