It is the second most populous province in the country (after Phnom Penh), with over 1.3 million inhabitants on approximately 3,200–3,500 km².
Capital: Ta Khmau (Takhmao), just 8–10 km south of central Phnom Penh.
Economy: Serves as the capital's economic hinterland.
It has many textile and garment factories (more than 500,000 employees), as well as agriculture (rice, palm oil, peanuts, pepper), livestock farming, fishing, and handicrafts (silk weaving, wood carving, silversmithing).
Landscape: Primarily flat, humid lowlands with rice paddies, dominated by the Mekong and Bassac rivers.
Sights: Oudong (former royal capital 1618–1866 with stupas and ruins), various pagodas (including Angkor Chey, Phnom Prasith), silk-weaving villages, Cham mosques and islands such as Koh Dach.
Population: Predominantly Khmer, with minorities including Cham (currently around 4%), Vietnamese, and Chinese.
Kandal is a mix of industrial areas around Phnom Penh, rural countryside, and historical sites—very important to the economy of Cambodia as a whole.
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