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Cambodia, [a] officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, [b] is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia. It borders Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest.
The history of Cambodia, a country in mainland Southeast Asia, can be traced back to Indian civilization.
Cambodia or Kampuchea (officially called Kingdom of Cambodia) is a country in Southeast Asia. It is near Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. About 13 million people live in Cambodia. The people of Cambodia are called Cambodians or Khmer. Khmer is the official language. The country has recently emerged from a long civil war and the rule of the Khmer Rouge.
Cambodia is a country in mainland Southeast Asia bordered to the west and northwest by Thailand, to the northeast by Laos, to the east and southeast by Vietnam, and to the southwest by the Gulf of Thailand.
Cambodia's main geographical features are the low lying Central Plain that includes the Tonlé Sap basin, the lower Mekong River flood-plains and the Bassac River plain surrounded by mountain ranges to the north, east, in the south-west and south. The central lowlands extend into Vietnam to the south-east.
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia. It borders Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest.
Cambodia's achievements in art, architectures, music, and dance from the 9th and 14th century have had a great influence on many neighboring kingdoms, namely Thailand and Laos. The effect of Khmer culture can still be seen today in those countries, as they share many close characteristics with current-day Cambodia.
History of Cambodia, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Cambodia. The country, on the Indochinese mainland of Southeast Asia, is largely a land of plains and great rivers and lies amid important overland and river trade routes linking China to India and Southeast Asia.
Cambodia – a sovereign country located in Southeast Asia with a population of over 13 million people. [1] It is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire , which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.
The Cambodian genocide [a] was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens [b] by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot.It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, nearly 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 (c. 7.8 million).[3] [4]Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were supported for many years by the ...