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Geographic map of Cambodia
Cambodia , officially the Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia , spanning an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles ), bordered by Thailand to the northwest , Laos to the north , Vietnam to the east , and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The 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... )
South gate of Angkor Thom along with a bridge of statues of gods and demons. Two rows of figures each carry the body of seven-headed naga.
Angkor Thom (
Khmer :
អង្គរធំ [ʔɑŋkɔː tʰom] ; meaning "Great City"), alternatively
Nokor Thom (
Khmer :
នគរធំ [nɔkɔː tʰom] ), located in present-day
Cambodia , was the last and most enduring capital city of the
Khmer Empire . It was established in the late twelfth century by King
Jayavarman VII . It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the
Bayon , with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. The site is one of the major tourist attractions of Southeast Asia. (
Full article... )
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Image 1 Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 3 A fishing hut on the
Tonle Sap (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 4 The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 5 Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 7 Emblem of the
Salvation Front at the former head office in
Phnom Penh (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 8 Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 10 Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 11 Mountain panorama view in
Mondulkiri Province , north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 12 Bakong , one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 14 The volume of
Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 16 A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source:
DANIDA (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 18 Portrait statue of
Jayavarman VII (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 19 Khmer couple in wedding attires (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 22 Pchum Ben , also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 23 Aromatic long-grain (
សែនក្រអូប ,
sên krâ-op ) rice, one of the best
paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 24 Cambodian
Pidan (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 25 Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 26 Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 28 Cambodian musical instruments (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 29 Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 30 Map 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 31 Cambodian farmers planting rice (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 32 Longvek , the former capital of Cambodia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 33 Traditional Khmer music performance (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 34 Moonlight pavilion in
Phnom Penh (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 35 Rice fields in Takeo Province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 37 Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 40 Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 41 An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 42 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 43 Topography of Cambodia
(from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 44 Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 45 Coronation of
Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 47 Floating homes on the Mekong (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 48 Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 49 Children practicing Bokator (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 50 The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 51 Win-Win Memorial , dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 53 The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 54 Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 55 Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 57 Archers mounted on elephants (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 58 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 59 Roman trade with India according to the
Periplus Maris Erythraei , 1st century CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 60 A farm in Kampot province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 61 Traditional male clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 62 A map of forests, vegetation and
land use in Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 63 1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 64 Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the
Cardamom Mountains (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 65 A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 66 Unauthorized
sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 67 Amok Trey , Cambodia’s national dish (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 68 A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 69 Geographic map of Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 70 Flag of
Cambodia pre-1864 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 71 Rooms of the
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 72 A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
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