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Cambodia Town (also known as Little Phnom Penh or Little Cambodia) is the official name for a business corridor along Anaheim Street between Atlantic and Junipero avenues in the Eastside of Long Beach, California. [1]
Cambodia Town, Long Beach, California "... is a neighborhood in Long Beach's East Side centered on Anaheim Street between Atlantic and Junipero." The community has been around since 1959 which was made up of students from the nearby universities such as the University of Southern California, UCLA, and California State University at Los Angeles, to name a few.
In 2014, it was reported that Cambodia Town, Long Beach, California, the only officially recognized ethnic enclave of Cambodian Americans, had a poverty rate of 32.4%. [25] That was a little over twice the average of America society as a whole, which was 16% according to a 2011 study by the government. [24]
For decades, the history of Southeast Asian refugees have been sidelined in U.S. history. California's first state-legislated Southeast Asian model curriculum aims to change that.
Sankranta means "beginning of a new year" in Khmer, Cambodia's official language. But some Cambodian American elders in Long Beach strongly object to the new festival's name.
Read more:In Cambodia Town, moving beyond the ‘killing fields’ and into success. After she enrolled at Cal State Long Beach in the early 2010s, Lek left her major undeclared, figuring she'd ...
Cities with large Cambodian American populations, with a critical mass of at least 1% of the total urban population.Information is based on the 2010 U.S. Census.. The list includes those who immigrated from Cambodia and those who are multi-generational Cambodian Americans.
Sister cities of Los Angeles. This is a list of sister cities in the United States state of California.Sister cities, known in Europe as twin towns, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.