Samlout District
# Samlout District

Samlout (Khmer: សំឡូត) or Samlot is a district (srok) of Battambang Province, in northwestern Cambodia.

## Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 communes (khum) and 49 villages (phum). Due to conflict, census enumeration could not be conducted in Samlout district during the 1998 Census.

### Communes and villages

| Khum (Communes) | Phum (Villages) |
| - | - |
| Ta Taok | OU Nonoung, Ou Kroach, Ou Traeng, Peam Ta, Peam, Ou Ta Teak, Ta Tok, Veal Rolueum, Phnum Rai |
| Kampong Lpou | Svay Chrum, Ou Daem Chek, Kampong Lpov, Ou Choam Kandal, Ou Choam Kraom, Ou Choam Leu, Kandal, Stueng Touch, Prey Thum |
| Ou Samrel | Ou Rumchek Kraom, Ou Rumchek Leu, Chamlang Romeang Kraom, Chamlang Romeang leu, Ou Samrael Kraom, Ou Samrael Leu |
| Sung | Chamkar Chek, Kandal, Kanh Chaang, Sre Reach, Shoung Muoy, Shuong Pir |
| Samlout | Chhar RoKar, Kantuot, Ou Chrab, Samlout, Srae Andoung Muy, Bueng Run |
| Mean Chey | Sre Sdao, Kampong Touk, Sre Chi Pao, Kam Chat, Ambib, Ta Non |
| Ta Sanh | Anlong Pouk, Doun Troek, Ou Sngout, Ou Tontim, Prey Rumchek, Ta Sanh Khang Chhueng, Ta Sanh Khang Tboang |

## Development efforts

In 2021, Angelina Jolie told People Magazine that she plans to return to Cambodia to establish the next “Women for Bees” program in the Samlout region to raise awareness of conservation efforts. Women for Bees aims to train 50 women beekeepers within five years and build 2,500 hives in 25 UNESCO biosphere reserves around the world, including Cambodia.

