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  2. Portal:Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from History of Cambodia) Image 66 John F. Kennedy and Prince Sihanouk in New York, 1961 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) ) Image 67 An overview of drainage divides (from Geography of Cambodia )

  3. Pidan (textile) - Wikipedia

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    19th century silk pidan. A pidan is a type of silk cloth used in Cambodian and Khmer weddings, funerals, and Buddhist ceremonies as a canopy or tapestry. Pidan are often decorated with images of wats, nāgas, apsaras, scenes from the life of Buddha, Angkor Wat, animals (especially elephants), and plants. [1]

  4. Santuk Silk Farm - Wikipedia

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    Santuk Silk Farm is a silk farm, located about 11 miles (18km) southeast of Kampong Thom City, Cambodia, near the village of Kakaoh.The farm, established by Vietnam War veteran Bud Gibbons in 2006, [1] demonstrates the process of the silk worm, from its earliest stages, from egg to cocoon. [2]

  5. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    Madagascan Silk: The island of Madagascar lies off the southeast coast of Africa, separated from the mainland by the Mozambique Channel. Malaysian Polynesians colonized the island in the first millennium and brought weaving techniques and burial customs to the island and the rest of Africa through trade.

  6. Geographical Indications in Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    Geographical Indications in Cambodia are a form of intellectual property consisting of an "which is a name or represents a geographical origin and identifies the goods as originating in such geographical area where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods is essentially attributable to its geographical origin;". [1]

  7. Cambodian art - Wikipedia

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    A 19th century silk pidan A Cambodian woman weaving silk near Siem Reap, 2011. Silk weaving in Cambodia has a long history. The practice dates to as early as the late 13th century. According to Zhou Daguan's record, "None of the locals produces silk. Nor do the women know how to stitch and darn with a needle and thread.

  8. Portal:Maps - Wikipedia

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    A map would also usually give its scale numerically ("1:50,000", for instance, means that one cm on the map represents 50,000cm of real space, which is 500 meters) (from Scale (map)) Image 21 The world according to Anaximenes , c. 500 BC (from History of cartography )

  9. Cambodia - Wikipedia

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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.