The hills surrounding the town are the highest elevation points in Prey Veng province.

Ba Phnum is a relatively remote location and has been attractive to ascenti monks (loak dhutang) for centuries.

629 AD), associates Ba Phnum with Shiva and refers to it as "the holy mountain."

Ba Phnum was prominently featured in many of the rural scenes in the 2016 documentary Angkor Awakens.

[2] Ba Phnum has purportedly been the location of Vyadhapura, capital of the kingdom of Funan.