Pate, Cambodia

Pate (ប៉ាតេ) is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District in northeast Cambodia. It contains four villages and has a population of 1,329. In the 2007 commune council elections, three of the commune's five seats went to the Sam Rainsy Party and two went to the Cambodian People's Party. The land alienation rates in Pate was high as of January 2006. (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)