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Map of the Cambodia–Vietnam border. The Cambodia–Vietnam border is the international border between the territory of Cambodia and Vietnam.The border is 1,158 km (720 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Laos in the north to Gulf of Thailand in the south.
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Globe Trekker (sometimes called Pilot Guides in Australia, Spain and Thailand, and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet) is a British adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions. The British series was inspired by the Lonely Planet travelbooks and began airing in 1994.
Despite the length of the range, the Dângrêk are a relatively low mountain system, the average elevation of the summits being around 500 m. The highest peak is Phu Khi Suk (Thai: ภูขี้สุข), an inconspicuous 753 metres at the eastern end, in the Chong Bok (603 m) area, where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia intersect. [1]
The mountain range extends along a southeast-northwest axis from Chanthaburi Province in Thailand, and Koh Kong Province in Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand, to the Veal Veang District in Pursat Province, and extends to the southeast by the Dâmrei (Elephant) Mountains. [3]
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.
Funan (Chinese: 扶南; pinyin: Fúnán; Khmer: ហ៊្វូណន, romanized: Hvunân, Khmer pronunciation:; Vietnamese: Phù Nam, Chữ Hán: 夫南; Sanskrit: व्याधपूर, Vyādhapūra) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states [1] [2] —located in Mainland Southeast Asia ...
The 541 km (336 mi) border with Laos and the 1,228 km (763 mi) border with Vietnam result from French administrative decisions and do not follow major natural features. Border disputes have broken out in the past and do persist between Cambodia and Thailand as well as between Cambodia and Vietnam. [119] [120] [121] [122]