'The Waiting Port') is the capital city of Kampong Cham Province in southeastern Cambodia.

It is the 12th largest city in Cambodia with a population of 61,750 people (2021)[2] and is located on the Mekong River.

Kampong Cham is 124 kilometers northeast from national capital Phnom Penh and can be reached by either boat or by asphalt road.

The city is connected to the district of Tbong khmum by the Kizuna bridge, the first in Cambodia to span the Mekong.

The indirect election of the city council in 2014 gave the presidentship to CPP which has won 11 out of the 15 seats in the city council, while CNRP won the rest.