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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Monks and nuns praying in a pagoda near Phnom Penh

Buddhism in Cambodia or Khmer Buddhism (Khmer: ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនានៅកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: Preăh Pŭtthôsasânéa noŭ Kâmpŭchéa) has existed since at least the 5th century. In its earliest form it was a type of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Today, the predominant form of Buddhism in Cambodia is Theravada Buddhism. It is enshrined in the Cambodian constitution as the official religion of the country. Theravada Buddhism has been the Cambodian state religion since the 13th century (except during the Khmer Rouge period). As of 2019 it was estimated that 97. 1 percent of the population are Buddhists.

The history of Buddhism in Cambodia spans a number of successive kingdoms and empires. Buddhism entered Cambodia via two different streams. The earliest forms of Buddhism, along with Hindu influences, entered the Kingdom of Funan with Hindu merchants. In later history, a second stream of Buddhism entered Khmer culture during the Angkor empire when Cambodia absorbed the various Buddhist traditions of the Mon kingdoms of Dvaravati and Haripunchai. (Full article...)

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Water dwelling on the lake of Tonle Sap near Siem Reap

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Image 1Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 21780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from History of Cambodia)
Image 3Archers mounted on elephants (from History of Cambodia)
Image 4The volume of Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 5Kampot Province, countryside with remote Elephant Mountains (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 6John F. Kennedy and Prince Sihanouk in New York, 1961 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 7A fishing hut on the Tonle Sap (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 8Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 9A map of forests, vegetation and land use in Cambodia (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 10Emblem of the Salvation Front at the former head office in Phnom Penh (from History of Cambodia)
Image 11Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 12Flag of Democratic Kampuchea (from History of Cambodia)
Image 13Cambodian farmers planting rice (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 14Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 15Khmer folk dance (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 16Traditional male clothing (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 17A farm in Kampot province (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 18Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 19A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 20Mountain panorama view in Mondulkiri Province, north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 21Archaeologists examine prehistoric cave paintings in Pursat province (from Early history of Cambodia)
Image 22Portrait statue of Jayavarman VII (from History of Cambodia)
Image 23A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
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Image 25Aromatic long-grain (សែនក្រអូប, sên krâ-op) rice, one of the best paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 26An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from History of Cambodia)
Image 27Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 28The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 29Moonlight pavilion in Phnom Penh (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 30Win-Win Memorial, dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 31Flag of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (from History of Cambodia)
Image 32Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 33Coronation of Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 34Flag of Cambodia pre-1864 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 35Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 36Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from History of Cambodia)
Image 37Geographic map of Cambodia (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 38Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 39Mekong tributary, Stung Treng Province (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 40Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 41Map 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 42A map of Cambodia's Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 43Unauthorized sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 44Cambodian Pidan (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 45Bakong, one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from History of Cambodia)
Image 46Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 47Amok Trey, Cambodia’s national dish (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 48Pchum Ben, also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 49Sisowath Sirik Matak with President Richard Nixon (from History of Cambodia)
Image 50Eisenhower and Sihanouk in 1959 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 51Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 52The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from History of Cambodia)
Image 53Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 54A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 55Children practicing Bokator (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 56Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 57A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source: DANIDA (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 58Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the Cardamom Mountains (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 59Floating homes on the Mekong (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 60An overview of drainage divides (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 61Rice fields in Takeo Province (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 62Phnom Penh in 1973 amid the Cambodian Civil War. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 63Roman trade with India according to the Periplus Maris Erythraei, 1st century CE (from History of Cambodia)
Image 64Lon Nol (from History of Cambodia)
Image 65Khmer royal ballet (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 66Chrey Thom Waterfall Mondulkiri Province (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 67Traditional Khmer music performance (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 68Longvek, the former capital of Cambodia (from History of Cambodia)
Image 69Cambodian musical instruments (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 70King Norodom Sihamoni (from History of Cambodia)
Image 71A rural Khmer house (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 72Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 73Khmer couple in wedding attires (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 74The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from History of Cambodia)

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... that Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, sniffed out more than 70 land mines in Cambodia?
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...that Sisowath Monivong was the king of Cambodia from 1927 until his death in 1941?

...that the primary rainforest of Cambodia went from 70% in the 1970s to 3% in today's time?

...that there were 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975? Read more at Islam in 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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