1. Suong City (Municipal District – Provincial Capital)
Cambodia’s newest provincial capital (created 2013) is a bustling market town on National Road 7, halfway between Phnom Penh and Kampong Cham. Wide boulevards, a giant rubber-tree roundabout, and a glowing night market give it youthful energy. Street-food stalls serve some of the country’s best kuy teav noodles, while new cafés and karaoke towers signal rapid growth. It’s the perfect transit hub for exploring the province’s rubber heartland.
2. Dambae District
The rubber capital of Cambodia. Endless rows of towering trees stretch to the horizon, tapped daily for white latex that drips into coconut-shell cups. Colonial-era French plantation houses slowly crumble beside modern processing factories. Quiet red-dirt roads are perfect for cycling through a green tunnel of leaves.
3. Krouch Chhmar District
A dreamy Mekong riverside district with colourful wooden houses on stilts and traditional ferry crossings. Sunset boat rides glide past floating gardens and fishermen casting nets at golden hour. The old French lighthouse still stands sentinel over one of the river’s most photogenic bends.
4. Memot District
The “Wild East” gateway to Mondulkiri. Red-dirt roads wind past ethnic Phnong villages, pepper plantations, and hidden waterfalls. Chup Rubber Plantation – the largest in Cambodia – offers eerie tours through abandoned French buildings swallowed by jungle.
5. Ou Reang Ov District
Home to the sacred Phnom Hanuman mountain and its hilltop pagoda. A steep climb rewards pilgrims with sweeping views across rubber forests to Vietnam. Local legend says the monkey god Hanuman rested here during his journey in the Ramayana.
6. Ponhea Kraek District
Classic Cambodian countryside of rice paddies, sugar-palm groves, and ox-cart tracks. The district is famous for traditional palm-wine production and quiet pagodas where monks still practise ancient herbal medicine. Cycling at sunset is pure magic.
7. Tboung Khmum District
The province’s namesake district, dotted with historic rubber estates and the beautiful Wat Tboung Khmum with its giant reclining Buddha. Traditional Khmer wooden houses line the roads, and weekend markets burst with fresh jackfruit and sticky-rice sweets.
Together, Tboung Khmum’s seven districts offer a perfect snapshot of modern rural Cambodia: vast rubber oceans, sleepy Mekong riverbanks, ethnic minority villages, and the gentle rhythm of a province that feels like Cambodia’s undiscovered centre—authentic, friendly, and beautifully green.