Portal:Cambodia

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Cambodia (/kæmˈboʊdiə/ ^ⓘ; Khmer: កម្ពុជា; UNGEGN: Kâmpŭchéa), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia (Khmer: ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា; UNGEGN: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchéa), 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...)

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Norodom Chakrapong (born 21 October 1945) is a Cambodian politician, businessman and former major-general of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. He is the fourth son of Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and also a half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. Chakrapong started his career as a military pilot in 1963. After Sihanouk was overthrown in 1970, Chakrapong spent time under house arrest, then in Beijing as the Head of Protocol of then-Prince Sihanouk, afterwards living overseas before he joined the Funcinpec in 1981 and fought against Vietnamese occupation as a commander of the Armée Nationale Sihanoukiste. In 1991, Chakrapong left Funcinpec to join the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia between 1992 and 1993. When the CPP lost the 1993 general elections, Chakrapong led a secession attempt in 1993. In 1994, he was accused of joining a failed coup attempt (which he denied) which led him to be sent into exile. After Chakrapong was pardoned in 1998, he founded a private airline company, Royal Phnom Penh Airways. The airlines later stopped all operations in early 2006.

In 2002, Chakrapong established a royalist party, the Khmer Soul Party. When the Khmer Soul Party failed to win a single parliamentary seat in the 2003 general elections, Charkapong rejoined Funcinpec and briefly served as Senator in 2005. In 2006, Chakrapong was expelled from Funcinpec and joined the Norodom Ranariddh Party. When the Cambodian government pursued legal investigations on the debts Chakrapong accumulated from his airlines, Chakrapong quit politics in 2007. Chakrapong, who was already a privy councillor to the Supreme Privy Council, then dedicated himself to humanitarian work and supporting royal activities. In 2013, Chakrapong was appointed member of the Constitutional Council of Cambodia by the King. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Cambodia-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 2Floating homes on the Mekong (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 3Lon Nol (from History of Cambodia)
Image 4Khmer royal ballet (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 5Unauthorized sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 6Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from History of Cambodia)
Image 7Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 8Flag of Democratic Kampuchea (from History of Cambodia)
Image 9Traditional Khmer music performance (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 10Map 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 11Bakong, one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from History of Cambodia)
Image 12The volume of Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 13An overview of drainage divides (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 14Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 15Sisowath Sirik Matak with President Richard Nixon (from History of Cambodia)
Image 16Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 17Khmer folk dance (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 18Children practicing Bokator (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 19Rice fields in Takeo Province (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 201780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from History of Cambodia)
Image 21Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 22Kampot Province, countryside with remote Elephant Mountains (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 23Coronation of Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 24Portrait statue of Jayavarman VII (from History of Cambodia)
Image 25Chrey Thom Waterfall Mondulkiri Province (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 26Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 27Eisenhower and Sihanouk in 1959 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 28Cambodian farmers planting rice (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 29Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 30Mountain panorama view in Mondulkiri Province, north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 31King Norodom Sihamoni (from History of Cambodia)
Image 32The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from History of Cambodia)
Image 33Flag of Cambodia pre-1864 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 34Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 35Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 36Amok Trey, Cambodia’s national dish (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 37A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 38The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 39A rural Khmer house (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 40Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from History of Cambodia)
Image 41An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from History of Cambodia)
Image 42Longvek, the former capital of Cambodia (from History of Cambodia)
Image 43Archers mounted on elephants (from History of Cambodia)
Image 44Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 45The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from History of Cambodia)
Image 46Cambodian Pidan (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 47Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the Cardamom Mountains (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 48A map of forests, vegetation and land use in Cambodia (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 49Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 50John F. Kennedy and Prince Sihanouk in New York, 1961 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 51A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970))
Image 52Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 53Pchum Ben, also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 54Traditional male clothing (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 55Moonlight pavilion in Phnom Penh (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 56A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source: DANIDA (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 57Geographic map of Cambodia (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 58Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 59
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Image 60A farm in Kampot province (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 61Flag of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (from History of Cambodia)
Image 62Khmer couple in wedding attires (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 63A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 64Win-Win Memorial, dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from History of Cambodia)
Image 65Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 66Cambodian musical instruments (from Culture of Cambodia)
Image 67Roman trade with India according to the Periplus Maris Erythraei, 1st century CE (from History of Cambodia)
Image 68A fishing hut on the Tonle Sap (from Agriculture in Cambodia)
Image 69Emblem of the Salvation Front at the former head office in Phnom Penh (from History of Cambodia)
Image 70Mekong tributary, Stung Treng Province (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 71A map of Cambodia's Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Cambodia)
Image 72Aromatic long-grain (សែនក្រអូប, sên krâ-op) rice, one of the best paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from Agriculture in Cambodia)

Did you know (auto-generated)

... that Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, sniffed out more than 70 land mines in Cambodia?
... that Cambodia's first science-fiction film, Karmalink, combines Buddhist concepts of karma with themes of artificial intelligence?
... that Cambodian leader Hun Sen released four imprisoned dissidents as a "gift" to the United States upon the opening of its new embassy in Phnom Penh?

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... that Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, worked at a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand and was a medical officer for the Peace Corps before becoming an astronaut?

... that the first research center for potatoes in Cambodia was opened in the country in 2016?

...that Saigon was founded by Cambodians?

Famous Cambodians

Notable Cambodians include:

François Chau - Actor/Fisherman
Chuon Nath - Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism, father of the Khmer dictionary
Patricia Hy-Boulais - Professional tennis player
Keng Vannsak - Famous Khmer writer, philosopher and linguist
Khun Srun - Khmer writer
Kong Bunchhoeun - Famous Khmer poet and songwriter.
Kris Dim - Pro bodybuilder
Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt - Angelina Jolie's adopted son
Haing S. Ngor - Academy Award winner
Somaly Mam - Human rights activist, Olympic flag bearer
Rithy Panh - Director
Dith Pran - New York Times photo journalist
Norodom Sihanouk - King, Prime Minister, Actor, Director, Songwriter, Screenwriter
Loung Ung - Human rights activist
Chhun Yasith - President of Cambodian Freedom Fighters
Ros Sereysothea - One of the greatest female Khmer singers from the 1960s and early '70s
Sinn Sisamouth - Considered the greatest Khmer singer ever who also often sang with Sothea
Soth Polin - Famous Khmer writer
Touch Sunnix - Famous female Khmer singer.
Vann Molyvann - Considered the greatest Cambodian architect
Vong Sarendy - Fleet Admiral in the Khmer Republic, head of the Khmer National Navy (MNK) from 1970 to 1975.
Sosthène Fernandez - commander-in-Chief of the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) and chief of general staff of the Khmer Republic.

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