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Phnom Penh (lit. "Penh's hill") takes its name from the present Wat Phnom (lit. "hill temple"), or from the ancient Funan Kingdom, which existed from the 1st to the 7th century AD in Southeast Asia and was the forerunner of the current Cambodian monarchy.
Cambodia's primary forest cover fell from over 70% in 1969 to just 3.1% in 2007. Since 2007, less than 3,220 km 2 (1,243 sq mi) of primary forest remain with the result that the future sustainability of the forest reserves of Cambodia is under severe threat. [117] [118] In 2010–2015, the annual rate of deforestation was 1.3%. The ...
A United Nations blue field with a map of Cambodia in white and the Khmer word for Cambodia in blue. [15] 1993–present Flag of the Kingdom of Cambodia: Three horizontal bands of blue, red and blue and a depiction of Angkor Wat in white with black outlining. [1] [16]
The mean annual reverse flow volume in the Tonle Sap is 30 km 3 (7.2 cu mi), or about half of the maximum lake volume. A further 10% is estimated to enter the system by overland flow from the Mekong. A further 10% is estimated to enter the system by overland flow from the Mekong.
[2] [3] All land west of the Mekong remained Kampong Cham while land east of the river became Tbong Khmum province. Prior to this division, Kampong Cham extended eastward to the international border with Vietnam , was the eleventh largest province in Cambodia, and with a population of 1,680,694, was the most populous province in Cambodia.
Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces (Khmer: ខេត្ត, khétt).The capital Phnom Penh is not a province but an "autonomous municipality" (Khmer: រាជធានី, réachthéani [riəceaʔtʰiəniː]; lit. 'capital'), equivalent to a province governmentally and administered at the same level as the other 24 provinces.
It is the 12th largest city in Cambodia with a population of 61,750 people (2021) [2] and is located on the Mekong River. Kampong Cham is 124 kilometers northeast from national capital Phnom Penh and can be reached by either boat or by asphalt road.
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