Pate, Cambodia

Pate ( _km. ប៉ាតេ) is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District in northeast Cambodia. It contains four villages and has a population of 1,329. In the 2007 commune council elections, three of the commune's five seats went to the Sam Rainsy Party and two went to the Cambodian People's Party. [http://www.necelect.org.kh/English/ElectionResult/2007/Official%20results/24provinces/16%20Ratanak%20Kiri.pdf "Official Results of the 2007 Commune Councils Election in Ratank Kiri"] .sic National Election Committe, No 4.58/07 NEC.SG.PIB (April 18, 2007). Accessed June 6, 2008.] The land alienation rates in Pate was high as of January 2006. [http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/Land/Docs/Indigenous/Land_Alienation_draft.pdf "Land Alienation in Indigenous Minority Communities - Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia"] . NGO Forum on Cambodia (August 2006). Accessed June 6, 2008.] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)

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