Pate (Khmer: ប៉ាតេ) is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District in northeast Cambodia. It contains four villages and has a population of 1,329.[1] 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.[2] The land alienation rates in Pate was high as of January 2006.[3] (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.)