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The riel (/ r i ˈ ɛ l /; Khmer: រៀល, romanized: riĕl; sign: ៛; code: KHR) is the currency of Cambodia. There have been two distinct riel, the first issued between 1953 and May 1975. Between 1975 and 1980, the country had no monetary system. A second currency, also named "riel", has been issued since 20 March 1980.
Cambodian riel; Cambodian tical; F. French Indochinese piastre This page was last edited on 1 April 2019, at 01:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Cambodian Civil War fragilized the Cambodian banking system and on 28 October 1971, the National Bank ordered the commercial banks to suspend all foreign exchange operations in a vain attempt to establish a "flexible" rate for the riel, whose value collapsed as the United States dollar became the de facto currency. [9]
List of all Asian currencies Present currency ISO 4217 code ... Cambodian riel [17] KHR ... US Dollar [84] USD Timor-Leste: US$ ...
These countries and territories widely accept the US dollar as a secondary currency: Cambodia, [62] [63] official currency is Cambodian riel Honduras, official currency is Honduran lempira [64] Lebanon, official currency is Lebanese Pound [65] Venezuela, official currency is Venezuelan Bolivar [66] [67] Zimbabwe, official currency is Zimbabwe Gold
Cambodian exports to the US for the first 11 months of 2012 reached $2.49 billion, a 1 per cent increase year-on-year. Its imports of US goods grew 26 per cent for that period, reaching $213 million. Another factor underscoring the potential of the Cambodian economy is the recent halving of its poverty rate.
Cambodia (uses the Cambodian riel for many official transactions but most businesses deal exclusively in dollars for all but the cheapest items. Change is often given in a combination of U.S. dollars and Cambodian riel. ATMs yield U.S. dollars rather than Cambodian riel) [45] [46]
Various currencies named rial, riyal or riel (derived from Spanish/Portuguese real): Iranian rial, the currency of Iran; Omani rial, the currency of Oman; Yemeni rial, the currency of Yemen; Cambodian riel, the currency of Cambodia; Moroccan rial, a former currency of Morocco; Tunisian rial, a former currency of Tunisia; The Hejaz riyal; The ...