CAMBODIA(Kmpcha.)

Cambodia,countryinSoutheast Asia, also known as Kmpcha. More than a thousand years ago, Cambodia was the center of the Khmer (Cambodian) kingdom of Angkor, a great empire that dominated Southeast Asia for 600 years.

A monarchy since ancient times, Cambodia was a French protectorate from 1863 to 1953. A republic replaced the monarchy in 1970, and in 1975 a Communist regime known as the Khmer Rouge took power, naming the country Democratic Kmpcha. The Khmer Rouges brutal repression and radical socialist reforms devastated Cambodias society and economy. In 1979 anti-Khmer Rouge Communist forces from Vietnam and Cambodia overthrew the Khmer Rouge and established a more moderate socialist state. In 1989 the country abandoned socialism, and in 1993 a new constitution restored the monarchy. Cambodias official name is the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Cambodiaisboundedon the northeast by Laos, on the east and southeast by Vietnam, on the west and northwest by Thailand, and on the southwest by the Gulf of Thailand (Siam). The countrys capital and largest city is Phnom Penh.

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QUICK FACTSOfficial Name:KINGDOM OF CAMBODIACapital City:PHNOM PENHLand Area:181,035 sq. km.Languages:KHMER (official), FRENCHForm of Government:CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHYCurrency:RIELPopulation:14,241,640 (2008 estimate)Major Exports:RUBBER, TIMBER, SOYBEANS

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