Portal:Cambodia

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Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia. It borders Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest. It 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 15th century, it began a decline in power (the Post-Angkor Period) until, in 1863, it became the French Protectorate of Cambodia.

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 the 1993 Cambodian general election, decided by around 90% of registered voters. 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 it a de facto one-party state. The UN now designates it a least developed country. (Full article...)

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Norodom Chakrapong (born 21 October 1945) is a Cambodian politician, businessman and former major-general of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. He is the fourth son of Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and also a half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. Chakrapong started his career as a military pilot in 1963. After Sihanouk was overthrown in 1970, Chakrapong spent time under house arrest, then in Beijing as the Head of Protocol of then-Prince Sihanouk, afterwards living overseas before he joined the Funcinpec in 1981 and fought against Vietnamese occupation as a commander of the Armée Nationale Sihanoukiste. In 1991, Chakrapong left Funcinpec to join the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia between 1992 and 1993. When the CPP lost the 1993 general elections, Chakrapong led a secession attempt in 1993. In 1994, he was accused of joining a failed coup attempt (which he denied) which led him to be sent into exile. After Chakrapong was pardoned in 1998, he founded a private airline company, Royal Phnom Penh Airways. The airlines later stopped all operations in early 2006.

In 2002, Chakrapong established a royalist party, the Khmer Soul Party. When the Khmer Soul Party failed to win a single parliamentary seat in the 2003 general elections, Charkapong rejoined Funcinpec and briefly served as Senator in 2005. In 2006, Chakrapong was expelled from Funcinpec and joined the Norodom Ranariddh Party. When the Cambodian government pursued legal investigations on the debts Chakrapong accumulated from his airlines, Chakrapong quit politics in 2007. Chakrapong, who was already a privy councillor to the Supreme Privy Council, then dedicated himself to humanitarian work and supporting royal activities. In 2013, Chakrapong was appointed member of the Constitutional Council of Cambodia by the King. (Full article...)

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Image 1An overview of drainage divides (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 2An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from History of Cambodia)
Image 3Emblem of the Salvation Front at the former head office in Phnom Penh (from History of Cambodia)
Image 4Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 5Mountain panorama view in Mondulkiri Province, north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 6Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 7A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source: DANIDA (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 8Cambodian musical instruments (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 9Moonlight pavilion in Phnom Penh (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 10A map of forests, vegetation and land use in Cambodia (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 11Flag of Cambodia pre-1864 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 12Chrey Thom Waterfall Mondulkiri Province (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 13Archaeologists examine prehistoric cave paintings in Pursat province (from Early history of Cambodia)
Image 14Traditional male clothing (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 15Cambodian farmers planting rice (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 16Longvek, the former capital of Cambodia (from History of Cambodia)
Image 17Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from History of Cambodia)
Image 18Portrait statue of Jayavarman VII (from History of Cambodia)
Image 19A rural Khmer house (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 20Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 21A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 22A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 23Archers mounted on elephants (from History of Cambodia)
Image 24Traditional Khmer music performance (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 25Unauthorized sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 26Children practicing Bokator (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 27Rice fields in Takeo Province (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 28Roman trade with India according to the Periplus Maris Erythraei, 1st century CE (from History of Cambodia)
Image 291780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from History of Cambodia)
Image 30John F. Kennedy and Prince Sihanouk in New York, 1961 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 31Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 32Cambodian Pidan (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 33Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 34Geographic map of Cambodia (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 35Map 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 36Win-Win Memorial, dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 37Bakong, one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from History of Cambodia)
Image 38Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 39Khmer couple in wedding attires (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 40Lon Nol (from History of Cambodia)
Image 41Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 42The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from History of Cambodia)
Image 43Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 44The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 45Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 46A map of Cambodia's Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 47Eisenhower and Sihanouk in 1959 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 48Phnom Penh in 1973 amid the Cambodian Civil War. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 49Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 50King Norodom Sihamoni (from History of Cambodia)
Image 51Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 52Sisowath Sirik Matak with President Richard Nixon (from History of Cambodia)
Image 53Aromatic long-grain (សែនក្រអូប, sên krâ-op) rice, one of the best paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 54Pchum Ben, also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 55Mekong tributary, Stung Treng Province (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 56Flag of Democratic Kampuchea (from History of Cambodia)
Image 57Khmer royal ballet (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 58
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Image 59A fishing hut on the Tonle Sap (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 60A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 61Floating homes on the Mekong (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 62Coronation of Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 63Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 64Phnom Penh in 1964. (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 65Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 66The volume of Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 67Flag of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (from History of Cambodia)
Image 68Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 69Khmer folk dance (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 70A farm in Kampot province (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 71Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 72The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from History of Cambodia)
Image 73Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the Cardamom Mountains (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 74Kampot Province, countryside with remote Elephant Mountains (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 75Amok Trey, Cambodia’s national dish (from Culture of Cambodia)

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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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