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Did You Know...... The Mekong River is the tenth longest river in the world. It flows through China, Myanmar (Burma)  »» More

Fashion... Western-style clothing is fairly common in Phnom Penh, although it is simple and not always the most  »» More

Socializing... Buddhism generally shapes the lives and perspectives of Cambodia’s people. Cambodians are traditiona  »» More

Family... The family is important to the Khmer people. The average family has four children and is often willi  »» More

Sports & Recreation... Soccer and volleyball are the most popular sports. Other sports include basketball and bicycle racin  »» More

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Cambodia History

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A gate of the Angkor Thom temple complex, circa A.D. 1200

THE KHMER PEOPLE were among the first in Southeast Asia to adopt religious ideas and political institutions from India and to establish centralized kingdoms encompassing large territories. The earliest known kingdom in the area, Funan, flourished from around the first to the sixth century A.D. It was succeeded by Chenla, which controlled large areas of modern Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand (known as Siam until 1939). The golden age of Khmer civilization, however, was the period from the ninth to the thirteenth century, when the kingdom  »» More

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Capital Cities... Phnom Penh
Population: 14,494,293
GDP: $27,950,000,000 (USD)
Total Area: 181,040 (sq km) 69,900 (sq mi)
Currency: riel
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