Learn by region
The impact of landmines differs greatly from region to region. It is concentrated in the northwestern provinces near the Thai border, while some areas in the east still hold unexploded ordnance from US bombing. You can also explore the map.
Provinces heavily affected by mines and UXO
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Banteay Meanchey
A province in northwestern Cambodia on the Thai border; its capital is Sisophon. Its population in the 2019 census was about 860,000, and it is one of the provinces where landmine contamination along the border still remains.
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Battambang
A province in northwestern Cambodia on the Thai border; its capital is Battambang. Its population in the 2019 census was about 1 million, and it has the largest area of anti-personnel mine contamination in the country.
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Koh Kong
A province in southwestern Cambodia; its capital is Khemarak Phoumin (Koh Kong). Its population in the 2019 census was about 126,000, and it is one of the provinces with confirmed remaining anti-personnel mine contamination.
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Oddar Meanchey
A province in northwestern Cambodia on the Thai border; its capital is Samraong. Its population in the 2019 census was about 276,000, and it is one of the provinces with serious landmine contamination remaining along the border.
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Pailin
A small province in northwestern Cambodia on the Thai border; its main town is Pailin. Its population in the 2019 census was small, at about 75,000, but it is one of the provinces where landmine contamination remains along the border.
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Preah Vihear
A province in northern Cambodia on the Thai border; its capital is Tbeng Meanchey. Its population in the 2019 census was about 255,000, and it is one of the provinces with wide landmine contamination remaining along the border.
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Pursat
A province in western Cambodia on the Thai border; its capital is Pursat. Its population in the 2019 census was about 420,000, and its anti-personnel mine contamination is the second largest in the country.
Mine-free declared and other provinces & municipalities
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Kampong Cham
A province in eastern Cambodia; its capital is Kampong Cham. Its population in the 2019 census was about 900,000, and it is one of the eight eastern provinces with confirmed unexploded ordnance contamination from US bombing.
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Kampong Chhnang
A province in central Cambodia; its capital is Kampong Chhnang. Its population in the 2019 census was about 527,000.
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Kampong Speu
A province in south-central Cambodia; its capital is Chbar Mon (Kampong Speu). Its population in the 2019 census was about 878,000.
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Kampong Thom
A province in central Cambodia; its capital is Stung Saen (Kampong Thom). Its population in the 2019 census was about 682,000. Only a little mine contamination remains, and the province is close to completing clearance.
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Kampot
A province in southern Cambodia; its capital is Kampot. Its population in the 2019 census was about 594,000.
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Kandal
A province that surrounds the capital Phnom Penh; its capital is Ta Khmau. Its population in the 2019 census was about 1,202,000, one of the largest of any province in the country.
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Kep
A small province in southern Cambodia; its main town is Kep. Its population in the 2019 census was about 43,000, the smallest in the country, and the province was declared mine-free in 2022.
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Kratie
A province in eastern Cambodia with its capital, Kratie, on the Mekong River. Its population in the 2019 census was about 375,000. Mine clearance is complete, but unexploded ordnance contamination from US bombing remains.
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Mondulkiri
A highland province in eastern Cambodia near the Vietnamese border; its capital is Sen Monorom. Its population in the 2019 census was about 92,000, and it is one of the eight eastern provinces with confirmed unexploded ordnance contamination from US bombing.
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Phnom Penh
The capital of Cambodia, a special municipality with the same status as a province. Its population in the 2019 census was about 2,282,000, the largest in the country, and it was declared mine-free in 2022.
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Preah Sihanouk
A province in southwestern Cambodia; its capital is Sihanoukville (Kampong Som). Its population in the 2019 census was about 310,000, and the province was declared mine-free in 2022.
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Prey Veng
A province in eastern Cambodia near the Vietnamese border; its capital is Prey Veng. Its population in the 2019 census was about 1,058,000. The province has been declared mine-free, but unexploded ordnance contamination from US bombing remains.
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Ratanakiri
A province in northeastern Cambodia near the Lao and Vietnamese borders; its capital is Banlung. Its population in the 2019 census was about 217,000. Landmines are almost fully cleared, but unexploded ordnance contamination from US bombing remains.
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Siem Reap
A province in northwestern Cambodia; its capital is Siem Reap. Its population in the 2019 census was about 1,014,000, and in 2024 the province hosted the Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
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Stung Treng
A province in northeastern Cambodia near the Lao border; its capital is Stung Treng. Its population in the 2019 census was about 166,000. The province has been declared mine-free, but its contamination by cluster munition remnants from US bombing is the widest in the east.
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Svay Rieng
A province in southeastern Cambodia near the Vietnamese border; its capital is Svay Rieng. Its population in the 2019 census was about 525,000, and it is one of the eight eastern provinces with confirmed unexploded ordnance contamination from US bombing.
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Takeo
A province in southern Cambodia; its capital is Takeo (Doun Kaev). Its population in the 2019 census was about 901,000.
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Tboung Khmum
A province in eastern Cambodia near the Vietnamese border; its capital is Suong. Its population in the 2019 census was about 777,000. The province has been declared mine-free, but unexploded ordnance contamination from US bombing remains.