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Kampot can refer to any of the following articles:
- Kampot (city), a city in southern Cambodia
- Kampot Province
- Kampot District
- Kampot Airport
- Battle of Kampot
- Kampot (crater)
- Kampot (pepper), a renowned type of pepper grown in Kampot, Cambodia
- Kampot FC
Kampot is a city in southern Cambodia and the capital of Kampot Province. It is situated at the Praek Tuek Chhu river southeast of the Elephant Mountains and around from the Gulf of Thailand. Kampot was the capital of the Circonscription Résidentielle de Kampot under French rule and Cambodia's most important sea port after the loss of the Mekong Delta and before the establishment of Sihanoukville. Its center is unlike most Cambodian provincial capitals composed of 19th century French colonial architecture. The region and town are well known for the high quality pepper, which is being exported worldwide. It is also known for its Kampot fish sauce and durian.
Kampot peppercorns are grown in Cambodia. The stalks are also eaten, as in Kep, Cambodia where they are pan fried with squid at the Crab Market. As of July 2015, Six districts in the southern province of Kampot have pepper farms, while the spice’s overseas market consists mostly of Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Kampot pepper obtained the World Trade Organization’s geographical indication (GI) status in 2010, tying the quality of the product to its source. International demand for the product has risen since then. However, annual export volume was relatively small i.e. well below 50 tons for the year 2014.