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Geographic map of Cambodia Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia , spanning an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles ), bordered by Thailand to the northwest , Laos to the north , Vietnam to the east , and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh .
In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name "Kambuja". This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire . The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism and then Buddhism to Southeast Asia and undertook religious infrastructural projects throughout the region. In the fifteenth century, Cambodia experienced a decline of power , and in 1863, it became a protectorate of France . After a period of Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Cambodia gained independence in 1953. The Vietnam War extended into the country in 1965 via the Ho Chi Minh and Sihanouk trails . A 1970 coup installed the US-aligned Khmer Republic , which was overthrown by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. The Khmer Rouge ruled the country and carried out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, when they were ousted in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War . The Vietnamese-occupied People's Republic of Kampuchea became the de facto government. Following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords which formally ended the war with Vietnam , Cambodia was governed by a United Nations mission (1992–93). The UN withdrew after holding elections in which around 90% of the registered voters cast ballots. The 1997 coup d'état consolidated power under Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). While constitutionally a multi-party state, CPP dominates the political system and dissolved its main opposition party in 2017, making Cambodia a de facto one-party state . (Full article...
Norodom Sihanouk [a] Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director , and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout his long career, most often as both King and Prime Minister of Cambodia . In Cambodia, he is known as Samdech Euv (meaning "King Father"). During his lifetime, Cambodia was under various regimes, from French colonial rule (until 1953), a Japanese puppet state (1945), an independent kingdom (1953–1970), a military republic (1970–1975), the Khmer Rouge regime (1975–1979), a Vietnamese-backed communist regime (1979–1989), a transitional communist regime (1989–1993) to eventually another kingdom (since 1993).
Sihanouk was the only child of Prince
Norodom Suramarit and Princess
Sisowath Kossamak , daughter of King
Sisowath Monivong . When his grandfather Monivong died in 1941, Sihanouk became king amidst French colonial rule. After the
Japanese occupation of Cambodia during
World War II , he secured Cambodian independence from France in 1953. He abdicated in 1955 and was succeeded by his father, Suramarit, so as to directly participate in politics. Sihanouk's political organization Sangkum won the
general elections that year, and he became
prime minister of Cambodia . He governed the country under
one-party rule and suppressed political dissent. After his father died in 1960, Sihanouk assumed a new position as
Chief of State of Cambodia . (
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The following are images from various Cambodia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Portrait statue of
Jayavarman VII (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 2 Unauthorized
sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 3 A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 4 1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 5 Flag of
Cambodia pre-1864 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 6 Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 7 The volume of
Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 8 Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 9 A fishing hut on the
Tonle Sap (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 10 A farm in Kampot province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 11 Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 12 Khmer couple in wedding attires (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 13 Topography of Cambodia
(from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 14 Amok Trey , Cambodia’s national dish (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 15 Moonlight pavilion in
Phnom Penh (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 16 Win-Win Memorial , dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 17 The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 19 The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 21 A map of forests, vegetation and
land use in Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 22 Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 24 Map of South-east Asia c. 900 CE, showing the
Khmer Empire in red,
Champa in yellow and
Haripunjaya in light green, plus additional surrounding states (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 25 Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 26 Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 27 Cambodian musical instruments (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 29 Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the
Cardamom Mountains (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 30 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 32 Coronation of
Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 34 Mountain panorama view in
Mondulkiri Province , north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 36 An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 38 Rice fields in Takeo Province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 39 Longvek , the former capital of Cambodia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 41 Bakong , one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 42 Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 43 Archers mounted on elephants (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 46 A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 47 Traditional male clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 48 Rooms of the
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 49 Traditional Khmer music performance (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 51 A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source:
DANIDA (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 52 Emblem of the
Salvation Front at the former head office in
Phnom Penh (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 53 Pchum Ben , also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 54 Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 55 Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 57 Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 58 Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 59 Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 60 Floating homes on the Mekong (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 61 Children practicing Bokator (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 62 The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 63 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 65 Geographic map of Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 67 A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 68 Cambodian
Pidan (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 69 Aromatic long-grain (
សែនក្រអូប ,
sên krâ-op ) rice, one of the best
paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 70 Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 71 Cambodian farmers planting rice (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 72 Roman trade with India according to the
Periplus Maris Erythraei , 1st century CE (from
History of Cambodia )
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