# Prey Touch Commune, Moung Ruessei, Battambang Province

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Commune · Moung Ruessei 

# Prey Touch

Prey Touch is a commune (khum or sangkat) of Cambodia in Moung Ruessei, Battambang Province. It covers **116.2 km²**. 30 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 116km²
- 1mapped services
- 15 mtypical elevation

## Where is Prey Touch?

Prey Touch lies in [Moung Ruessei](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/battambang/moung-ruessei/), [Battambang Province](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/battambang/), [Cambodia](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/). It borders 5 other communes: [Hab](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/battambang/koas-krala/hab/), [Kakaoh](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/battambang/moung-ruessei/kakaoh/), [Kampong Prieng](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/battambang/sangkae/kampong-prieng/), [Ta Loas](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/battambang/moung-ruessei/ta-loas/) and [Thipakdei](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/battambang/koas-krala/thipakdei/). By area it is the 374th largest of 1,633 communes in Cambodia. It covers 8.2% of [Moung Ruessei](https://wherepedia.org/cambodia/battambang/moung-ruessei/). The centre of Prey Touch is about 224 km in a straight line from Phnom Penh, the capital. It is about 16 km from Moung Ruessei, the main town of Moung Ruessei. The centre point is at 12.9013° N, 103.3729° E.

Source: [Department of Geography of the Ministry of Land Management, Urbanization and Construction in 2008, WFP via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-khm).

## Villages and localities in Prey Touch

Open gazetteers list **30 villages, towns and localities** in Prey Touch. Settlements here lie between about 9 m and 17 m above sea level (median 15 m).

- Dob Krasang
- Khum Prey Tuoch
- Koun Khlong
- Phum Basœ̆ng
- Phum Bât Sâmraông
- Phum Chrap Dângkaô
- Phum Châmkar Chăs
- Phum Châmkar Kroch
- Phum Krâbau
- Phum Kâmtik Méas
- Phum Kântŭm Réay
- Phum Prâbak
- Phum Stoeng Chak
- Phum Stœ̆ng Chék
- Phum Svay Trét
- Phum Tuk Bêk
- Phum Tuŏl Bœ̆ng Châk
- Phum Tuŏl Bœ̆ng Snaô
- Phum Tuŏl Chaeus
- Phum Tuŏl Prâbak
- Phum Tuŏl Prăm Muŏy
- Phum Tuŏl Prŏu
- Phum Tuŏl Sânlâng
- Phum Tuŏl Ta Aôn
- Phum Tuŏl Ta Chăn
- Phum Tuŏl Têng Mêng
- Phum Tŭmpô
- Prean Nil
- Prey Toch
- Prey Touch

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Weather in Prey Touch and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Moung Ruessei, the warmest month is Apr (average 31 °C) and the coolest is Dec (27 °C). About 1,486 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Sep (250 mm) and the driest Dec (10 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to January**.

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- Feb
- Mar
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- Aug
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- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 27 17 

Feb 29 23 

Mar 31 55 

Apr 31 82 

May 30 153 

Jun 28 215 

Jul 27 248 

Aug 27 231 

Sep 27 250 

Oct 27 155 

Nov 27 46 

Dec 27 10 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Prey Touch

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Mong Russey OD · Kear 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=12.77352&mlon=103.44919#map=17/12.77352/103.44919) 

Bank Canadia Bank · Kear 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=12.77477&mlon=103.44786#map=17/12.77477/103.44786) 

ATM ABA 24/7 - Dambang Kranhoung · Rottanak 28 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.09064&mlon=103.20900#map=17/13.09064/103.20900) 

Petrol pump Tela · Kampong Prieng 4.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=12.93607&mlon=103.35677#map=17/12.93607/103.35677) 

Hotel Vimeansovannaphoum Resort-សណ្ឋាគារវិមានសុវណ្ណភូមិរីស៊ត · Kampong Preah 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.02136&mlon=103.31052#map=17/13.02136/103.31052) 

Mall ផ្សារទំនេីប បុរីថ្មី · Svay Por 29 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.09170&mlon=103.19585#map=17/13.09170/103.19585) 

School អនុវិទ្យាល័យ ព្រៃតូច Prey Touch Secondary School · Prey Touch 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=12.89533&mlon=103.37023#map=17/12.89533/103.37023) 

College National University of Battambang · Prek Preah Sdach 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.08532&mlon=103.21956#map=17/13.08532/103.21956) 

Police station សាលានគរបាលជាតិភូមិភាគ5 ខេត្តបាត់ដំបង · Kampong Preah 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=13.01339&mlon=103.31961#map=17/13.01339/103.31961) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Prey Touch

Places mapped inside Prey Touch in open map data, by type.

- Schools1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other communes in Moung Ruessei

- Chrey
- Kakaoh
- Kear
- Moung
- Prey Svay
- Robas Mongkol
- Ruessei Krang
- Ta Loas

## Quick answers

- Where is Prey Touch?In Moung Ruessei, Battambang Province, Cambodia
- What borders Prey Touch?Hab, Kakaoh, Kampong Prieng, Ta Loas and Thipakdei
- How many villages are in Prey Touch?30 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Prey Touch?Settlements lie between 9 m and 17 m
- What is the best time to visit Prey Touch?November to January
- Where is the nearest hospital to Prey Touch?Mong Russey OD, about 16 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Prey Touch?Canadia Bank, about 16 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Prey Touch?ABA 24/7 - Dambang Kranhoung, about 28 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Prey Touch?Tela, about 4.2 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Prey Touch?KH020608 (OCHA common operational dataset)
