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Geographic map of Cambodia Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula , 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...
The Cambodian genocide 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).
Pol Pot and the
Khmer Rouge had long been supported by the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its chairman,
Mao Zedong ; it is estimated that at least 90% of the foreign aid which the Khmer Rouge received came from China, including at least US$1 billion in interest-free economic and military aid in 1975 alone. After it seized power in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge wanted to turn the country into an agrarian
socialist republic , founded on the policies of ultra-
Maoism and influenced by the
Cultural Revolution . Pol Pot and other Khmer Rouge officials met with Mao in Beijing in June 1975, receiving approval and advice, while high-ranking CCP officials such as
Politburo Standing Committee member
Zhang Chunqiao later visited Cambodia to offer help. To fulfill its goals, the Khmer Rouge emptied the cities and forced Cambodians to relocate to
labor camps in the countryside, where mass executions,
forced labor , physical abuse,
malnutrition , and disease were rampant. In 1976, the Khmer Rouge renamed the country
Democratic Kampuchea . (
Full article... )
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The following are images from various Cambodia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 2 Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 3 Children practicing Bokator (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 5 Unauthorized
sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 7 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 8 A fishing hut on the
Tonle Sap (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 9 Emblem of the
Salvation Front at the former head office in
Phnom Penh (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 11 Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 12 Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 13 Coronation of
Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 14 Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 15 The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 16 Traditional Khmer music performance (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 17 Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 18 A farm in Kampot province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 19 Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 20 The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 21 Floating homes on the Mekong (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 22 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 23 The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 24 A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 26 Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 27 Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 28 The volume of
Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 29 Cambodian
Pidan (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 30 Moonlight pavilion in
Phnom Penh (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 31 Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 33 Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the
Cardamom Mountains (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 34 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 35 Win-Win Memorial , dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 36 Rooms of the
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 38 A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 39 Traditional male clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 40 Rice fields in Takeo Province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 43 Geographic map of Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 44 Archaeologists examine prehistoric
cave paintings in
Pursat province (from
Early history of Cambodia )
Image 46 An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 47 Cambodian farmers planting rice (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 48 Mountain panorama view in
Mondulkiri Province , north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 49 Cambodian musical instruments (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 50 1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 51 Flag of
Cambodia pre-1864 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 52 Portrait statue of
Jayavarman VII (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 53 Bakong , one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 54 Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 55 Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 56 Archers mounted on elephants (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 57 Pchum Ben , also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 58 Longvek , the former capital of Cambodia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 59 Topography of Cambodia
(from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 60 Khmer couple in wedding attires (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 62 Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 63 Amok Trey , Cambodia’s national dish (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 64 A map of forests, vegetation and
land use in Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 65 Roman trade with India according to the
Periplus Maris Erythraei , 1st century CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 66 Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 71 Aromatic long-grain (
សែនក្រអូប ,
sên krâ-op ) rice, one of the best
paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 73 A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source:
DANIDA (from
Geography of Cambodia )
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