Fact File - The World Factbook
- Capital: Phnom Penh.
- Area: 181,040 sq km.
- Population: 13.88 million.
- Nationality: Cambodian.
- Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%.
- Languages: Khmer (official) 95%, French, English.
- National Holiday: Independence Day, 9 November
(1953).
- GDP Per Capita: US$2500.
- Currency: Riel (KHR).
- Internet TLD: .kh.
- Country Calling Code: 855.
- 4 Municipalities: Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Pailin,
Kep.
- 20 Provinces: Banteay Meanchey, Battambang,
Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu,
Kampong Thom, Kampot, Kandal, Koh Kong, Kratie,
Mondulkiri, Oddar Mencheay, Pursat, Preah Vihear,
Prey Veng, Ratanakiri, Siem Reap, Stung Treng, Svay
Rieng, Takeo.
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Synopsis
- Major Cities: Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Angkor.
- Top tourist attraction: Angkor Wat (UNESCO WHS).
Largest religious structure in the world (Guinness
World Record).
- Other interesting sites: Angkor Thom, Banteay Srei,
Bayon.
- One of the greatest genocide of mankind happened in
this country under the 5-year ruling by its then leader
Pol Pot. People still lives under the shadow of those
times today. It was on the pretext of communism that
many intellectuals & their families & related parties
were massacred & tortured. That number amounts to 3
millions Cambodians.
- Do not venture into unchartered territories. Many land
mines have yet been dismantled.
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