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The
kingdom of Cambodia (also know as Kampuchea) is a Southeast Asian
Nation flanked by Vietnam in the east, Laos in the North and the Gulf
of Thailand to its Southwest. Cambodia has recently re-established it
self on the tourism map and is now known for its idyllic beaches and
exotic temples.
History of Cambodia
Any overview of Cambodia is incomplete without a brief explanation of
the country's century old history and often troubled past. Cambodia has
seen imperial rule and for nearly half a millennium. Since the fall of
Angkor in 1431, the powerful Khmer Empire has been looted and plundered
by its neighboring countries and faced imperial rule under France. Even
after its independence in 1953, Cambodia was mired in the controversy
of civil war in 1970. However Cambodia achieved a semblance of peace
and stability after the Un sponsored elections in 1993.
Cambodia Geography
Cambodia has a total area of 181, 040 square kilometers of which
176,520 square kilometers are land and 4250 square kilometers of water.
The physical relief of Cambodia comprises mostly flat lowlands and
plains and mountains in the southwest and north.
Cambodia Provinces
A Cambodia overview of provinces will tell you that the country has
twenty provinces or khaitts and for municipalities or krongs.
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