Senmonorom is the capital of Senmonorom District

Senmonorom District

Senmonorom District is a district located in Mondulkiri Province, in Cambodia. Its capital is Senmonorom city. According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 7,032.-References:...

 and Mondulkiri Province

Mondulkiri

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, Cambodia.

Senmonorom is the only major town in the province of Mondulkiri. With over 7000 inhabitants, 20 guesthouses, 12 restaurants, 2 bars and no post office, it is often compared to frontier towns in the old American west

American Old West

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Senmonorom (and the Mondulkiri province in general) is inhabited by the indigenous Pnong people. Pnong tribesmen and tribeswomen are often seen walking along major highways. The town is popular with NGO workers, loggers, and tourists both from outside Cambodia and from Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

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According to reports from Global Witness

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, the Mondulkiri province is facing a significant threat from illegal loggers attempting to exploit the area's virgin forests.

Due to rapid development, as well as mania caused by real estate speculation, land prices in Sen Monorom have boomed. Lots that cost $150 in 2008 went for three or four times as much two years later in 2010.

Sroh-Plom Mountain (translated as "Virtuous Woman's Breast Mountain") is a breast shaped hill

Breast shaped hill

A breast-shaped hill is a mountain in the shape of a human breast. Such anthropomorphic geographic features are to be found in different places of the world and in some cultures they were revered as the attributes of the Mother Goddess, like the Paps of Anu, named after Anu, an important goddess of...

 located close to Senmonorom. Members of the Pnong

Pnong

The Pnong are an aboriginal Cambodian minority ethnic group, found primarily in Mondulkiri province of Cambodia, and speaking a Mon–Khmer language....

ethnic group ascribe divine powers to the hill and every year hold festivals in the location.