Ou Chum District

Ou Chum (Khmer: អូរជុំ) is a district located in Ratanakiri Province, in north-east Cambodia.

Administration

The district comprises 7 communes and 37 villages covering an area of 558.16 km².

According to the 1998 census the population was 11,863, the population had increased to 17,982 in the 2008 census.

Attractions

Cha Ong Waterfall
This beautiful waterfall is Located in the middle of the forest in Cha Ong village, Ou Chum District in approximate two-kilometer distance from the Ban Lung town by the National Road No.19 (Ban lung-Steung Treng), then turning right by a trail about six Kilometers.

They call the waterfall “Cha Ong” because they follow the ethnic minority of Kreung at Cha Ong village close to the waterfall. The source of this waterfall is from the mountain named “Ey sey Pak Ta Mak” or called “Phnom Svay” close to the Ban Lung town. The situation from above is a small canal which continuously flows through the broken rocks, then to the stream below in 25-kilometer height. To view the waterfall, you should go down to the stream below where there is a big rocky cave with plain roof. At the bottom of the stream, there are many big rocks used as the seats for viewing the great and interesting water falling down from the mountaintop.

Culture

Rum Blong Terrace
Description: Is the long-plain and rocky terrace surrounded with forest full of big trees, and locates at Ou Chum Commune, Ou Chum District, Ratanakiri province. Viel Rum Blong can be accessible by the provincial road from Ban Lung town to Ou Chum District about 10-kilometer distance, then turning right at the four-conjunction road to Ta Veng District about four Kilometers more.

A story of Kreung minority said that: Once upon the time, there was a boy named Rum Blong who flew a kite in this rocky terrace. The kite fell down and got stuck at the top of a tree. The boy climbed up the tree to take the kite, but unfortunately the boy fell from the tree and died here. The corpse of the boy was buried at the forest here. Since that time, the Kreung nationals who live at the nearby village believe that spirit of the boy, Rum Blong is living here for protecting the forest around the terrace. So that, they dare not cut down the forest to plant their crops because they believe the forest belongs to the spirit. So the name of the terrace “Rum Blong” has come from the boy’s name since that time. Visitors who visit the rocky terrace usually package their food along for having picnic here to enjoy the scenery.

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