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Geographic map of Cambodia Regional map of Cambodia. Cambodia has an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles) and lies entirely within the tropics, between latitudes 10° and 15°N, and longitudes 102° and 108°E. It borders Thailand to the north and west, Laos to the northeast, and Vietnam to the east and southeast.
Tonlé Sap (/ ˈ t ɒ n l eɪ s æ p /; Khmer: ទន្លេសាប, Tônlé Sab [tɔnleː saːp]; lit. ' Fresh River ' or commonly translated as 'Great Lake') is a lake in the northwest of Cambodia.
Battambang was established as a fishing village in the 11th century, centered around the Sangkae River. [3] In 1795, Siam (modern-day Thailand) annexed much of northwestern Cambodia, including the current provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Oddar Meanchey, Pailin, and Siem Reap, into the province of Inner Cambodia.
Kampong Cham (Khmer: កំពង់ចាម, UNGEGN: Kâmpóng Cham [kɑmpɔŋ caːm]; lit. ' The Waiting Port ') is the capital city of Kampong Cham Province in southeastern Cambodia.
The canal crosses through regions totaling 1.6 million inhabitants. [4] The current plan includes constructing three dams with sluices and eleven bridges. The canal will be 100 m wide and 5.4 m deep, supporting vessels up to 3,000 DWT. [5] The groundbreaking of the canal's construction was held on 5 August 2024. [6] The target completion date ...
The disputed Preah Vihear temple The border crossing at Poipet. The boundary area has historically switched back and forth between various Khmer and Thai empires. [2] From the 1860s France began establishing a presence in the region, initially in modern Cambodia and Vietnam, and later Laos, with the colony of French Indochina being created in 1887.
Kamboja (Sanskrit: कम्बोज) may refer to: . Kambojas, an ancient tribe of Transoxiana and the Paropamisus in Iron Age India . Kambojan, an Indo-Iranian language of these people
Kampong Cham district is the smallest district in Kampong Cham Province and is surrounded by other Kampong Cham districts. Reading from the north clockwise, Kampong Cham shares a border with Kampong Siem District while Tbong Khmom District forms the eastern boundary.