Fact File - The World Factbook
- Capital: Phnom Penh.
- Area: sq km.
- Population: 13.88 million.
- Nationality: Cambodian.181,040
- 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 many intellectuals
pretext of communism that & 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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