Portal:Cambodia

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Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia. Cambodia borders Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand on the southwest. Cambodia spans an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles), and has a population of about 17 million. Its capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh.

In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name "Kambuja". This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire. The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism and then Buddhism to Southeast Asia and undertook religious infrastructural projects throughout the region. In the fifteenth century, Cambodia experienced a decline of power, and in 1863, it became a protectorate of France. After a period of Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Cambodia gained independence in 1953. The Vietnam War extended into the country in 1965 via the Ho Chi Minh and Sihanouk trails. A 1970 coup installed the US-aligned Khmer Republic, which was overthrown by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. The Khmer Rouge ruled the country and carried out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, when they were ousted in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. The Vietnamese-occupied People's Republic of Kampuchea became the de facto government. Following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords which formally ended the war with Vietnam, Cambodia was governed by a United Nations mission (1992–93). The UN withdrew after holding elections in which around 90% of the registered voters cast ballots. The 1997 coup d'état consolidated power under Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). While constitutionally a multi-party state, CPP dominates the political system and dissolved its main opposition party in 2017, making Cambodia a de facto one-party state. (Full article...)

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Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces (Khmer: ខេត្ត, khétt [kʰaet]). The capital Phnom Penh is not a province but an "autonomous municipality" (Khmer: រាជធានី, réachthéani [riəceaʔtʰiəniː]; lit. 'capital'), equivalent to a province governmentally and administered at the same level as the other 24 provinces.

Phnom Penh has both the highest population and the highest population density of all provinces, but is the second smallest in land area. The largest province by area is Mondulkiri and the smallest is Kep which is also the least populated province. Mondulkiri has the lowest population density. (Full article...)

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Monks in front of a tree growing out of a shrine, Preah Khan

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The following are images from various Cambodia-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Archaeologists examine prehistoric cave paintings in Pursat province (from Early history of Cambodia)
Image 2Coronation of Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 3Aromatic long-grain (សែនក្រអូប, sên krâ-op) rice, one of the best paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 4Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 5Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 6A fishing hut on the Tonle Sap (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 7Moonlight pavilion in Phnom Penh (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 81780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from History of Cambodia)
Image 9King Norodom Sihamoni (from History of Cambodia)
Image 10The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from History of Cambodia)
Image 11A farm in Kampot province (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 12Flag of Democratic Kampuchea (from History of Cambodia)
Image 13Mountain panorama view in Mondulkiri Province, north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 14Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 15Cambodian Pidan (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 16Pchum Ben, also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 17Archers mounted on elephants (from History of Cambodia)
Image 18Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 19Kampot Province, countryside with remote Elephant Mountains (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 20A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source: DANIDA (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 21A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 22Lon Nol (from History of Cambodia)
Image 23Win-Win Memorial, dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 24Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 25Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 26A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 27Cambodian musical instruments (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 28Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 29Rice fields in Takeo Province (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 30Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 31Sisowath Sirik Matak with President Richard Nixon (from History of Cambodia)
Image 32A map of Cambodia's Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 33Emblem of the Salvation Front at the former head office in Phnom Penh (from History of Cambodia)
Image 34Traditional Khmer music performance (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 35Mekong tributary, Stung Treng Province (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 36Bakong, one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from History of Cambodia)
Image 37Flag of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (from History of Cambodia)
Image 38A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 39Khmer couple in wedding attires (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 40John F. Kennedy and Prince Sihanouk in New York, 1961 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 41A rural Khmer house (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 42Khmer folk dance (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 43Floating homes on the Mekong (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 44Traditional male clothing (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 45The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 46Children practicing Bokator (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 47Geographic map of Cambodia (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 48Chrey Thom Waterfall Mondulkiri Province (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 49An overview of drainage divides (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 50Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 51Eisenhower and Sihanouk in 1959 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 52Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 53Unauthorized sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 54Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 55Roman trade with India according to the Periplus Maris Erythraei, 1st century CE (from History of Cambodia)
Image 56Khmer royal ballet (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 57The volume of Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 58An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from History of Cambodia)
Image 59The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from History of Cambodia)
Image 60Map of South-east Asia c. 900 CE, showing the Khmer Empire in red, Champa in yellow and Haripunjaya in light green, plus additional surrounding states (from History of Cambodia)
Image 61Flag of Cambodia pre-1864 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 62Cambodian farmers planting rice (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 63Portrait statue of Jayavarman VII (from History of Cambodia)
Image 64Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 65Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the Cardamom Mountains (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 66
Topography of Cambodia
(from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 67Longvek, the former capital of Cambodia (from History of Cambodia)
Image 68Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 69Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 70Amok Trey, Cambodia’s national dish (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 71A map of forests, vegetation and land use in Cambodia (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 72Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 73Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from History of Cambodia)

Did you know (auto-generated)

... that in Thailand and Cambodia, cats are used in a procession to ask for rain?
... that Cambodia's first science-fiction film, Karmalink, combines Buddhist concepts of karma with themes of artificial intelligence?
... that Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, sniffed out more than 70 land mines in Cambodia?

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...that King Norodom Sihamoni is one-fourth Italian?

...that the kouprey was declared the national animal of Cambodia by Norodom Sihanouk?

...that the Cambodia national football team finished fourth in the Asian Cup 1972?

Famous Cambodians

Notable Cambodians include:

François Chau - Actor/Fisherman
Chuon Nath - Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism, father of the Khmer dictionary
Patricia Hy-Boulais - Professional tennis player
Keng Vannsak - Famous Khmer writer, philosopher and linguist
Khun Srun - Khmer writer
Kong Bunchhoeun - Famous Khmer poet and songwriter.
Kris Dim - Pro bodybuilder
Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt - Angelina Jolie's adopted son
Haing S. Ngor - Academy Award winner
Somaly Mam - Human rights activist, Olympic flag bearer
Rithy Panh - Director
Dith Pran - New York Times photo journalist
Norodom Sihanouk - King, Prime Minister, Actor, Director, Songwriter, Screenwriter
Loung Ung - Human rights activist
Chhun Yasith - President of Cambodian Freedom Fighters
Ros Sereysothea - One of the greatest female Khmer singers from the 1960s and early '70s
Sinn Sisamouth - Considered the greatest Khmer singer ever who also often sang with Sothea
Soth Polin - Famous Khmer writer
Touch Sunnix - Famous female Khmer singer.
Vann Molyvann - Considered the greatest Cambodian architect
Vong Sarendy - Fleet Admiral in the Khmer Republic, head of the Khmer National Navy (MNK) from 1970 to 1975.
Sosthène Fernandez - commander-in-Chief of the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) and chief of general staff of the Khmer Republic.

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