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thumbnail|right|300px|Fried spiders for sale at the market in SkunSkun () is the district capital of Cheung Prey District, in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. This busy market town has grown up around the intersection of National Highway 6 and National Highway 7. Skun is around west of the provincial capital at Kampong Cham city and north of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Skun is sometimes known in the local language as "Spiderville", it is famous with international visitors to Cambodia for its fried spiders.

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Locality
ស្រុកជើងព្រៃ
Region
ខេត្តកំពង់ចាម
Country
ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ​កម្ពុជា
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Instance of
human settlement
Country
Cambodia
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Fried spiders Skuon Cambodia.jpg
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