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Cambodia, officially theKingdom of Cambodia, is a country inMainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered byThailand to the northwest,Laos to the north, andVietnam to the east, and has a coastline along theGulf of Thailand in the southwest. It spans an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898square miles), dominated by a low-lying plain and the confluence of theMekong river andTonlé Sap,Southeast Asia's largest lake. It is dominated by atropical climate. Cambodia has a population of about 17 million people, the majority of which are ethnicallyKhmer. Its capital andmost populous city isPhnom Penh, followed bySiem Reap andBattambang. In 802 AD,Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes ofChenla under the name "Kambuja". This marked the beginning of theKhmer Empire. TheIndianised kingdom facilitated the spread of firstHinduism and thenBuddhism to Southeast Asia and undertook religious infrastructural projects throughout the region, the most famous of which isAngkor Wat. In the 15th century, it began adecline in power until, in 1863, Cambodia became aFrench protectorate. FollowingJapanese occupation duringWorld War II, Cambodia declaredindependence from France in 1953. TheVietnam War embroiled the country incivil war during the 1960s, culminating in a1970 coup which installed the US-alignedKhmer Republic and the takeover of the communistKhmer Rouge in1975. The Khmer Rougeruled the country and carried out theCambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, until they were ousted during theCambodian–Vietnamese War. Peace was restored by the1991 Paris Peace Accords and subsequentUnited Nations peacekeeping mission, establishing a new constitution, holding the1993 general election, and endinglong-term insurgencies. The1997 coup d'état consolidated power under Prime MinisterHun Sen and theCambodian People's Party (CPP). (Full article...) Selected article -show anotherAngkor Thom (Khmer:អង្គរធំ[ʔɑŋkɔːtʰom]; meaning "Great City"), alternativelyNokor Thom (Khmer:នគរធំ[nɔkɔːtʰom]), located in present-dayCambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of theKhmer Empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by KingJayavarman VII. It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, theBayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. The site is one of the major tourist attractions of Southeast Asia. (Full article...) Selected pictureTopicsGeneral imagesThe following are images from various Cambodia-related articles on Wikipedia.
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