The Kingdom of Cambodia (formerly known as Kampuchea) is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 14 million people. The kingdom’s capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.
A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as “Cambodian” or “Khmer,” though the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of predominantly Muslim Cham, as well as ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and small animist hill tribes.
The country borders Thailand to its west and northwest, Laos to its northeast, and Vietnam to its east and southeast. In the south it faces the Gulf of Thailand. The geography of Cambodia is dominated by the Mekong river (colloquial Khmer: Tonle Thom or “the great river”) and the Tonlé Sap (”the fresh water lake”), an important source of fish. Its culture is heavily influenced by Thailand and Laos.
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February 24th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
wow that old lady ( …
wow that old lady (yeay) pealing orange (kroch posat) she got really beautiful face and structure! she is the symbol of a real beautiful khmer woman!
February 24th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
hcrosnos you are …
hcrosnos you are absolutely right! and those that think ohterwise are not khmers!
February 24th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
to the people of …
to the people of cambodia you are all beautiful and no matter how much you suffered your spirit cannot be broken.