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Geographic map of Cambodia Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia . It borders Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest. It spans an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles ), and has a population of about 17 million. Its capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh .
In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name "Kambuja". This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire . The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism and then Buddhism to Southeast Asia and undertook religious infrastructural projects throughout the region. In the 15th century, it began a decline in power (the Post-Angkor Period ) until, in 1863, it became the French Protectorate of Cambodia .
Following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords which formally ended the war with Vietnam , Cambodia was governed by a United Nations mission (1992–93). The UN withdrew after the 1993 Cambodian general election , decided by around 90% of registered voters. The 1997 coup d'état consolidated power under Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). While constitutionally a multi-party state, CPP dominates the political system and dissolved its main opposition party in 2017, making it a de facto one-party state . The UN now designates it a least developed country . (Full article...
Jayavarman VII Khmer : ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៧ ), known posthumously as Mahaparamasaugata (មហាបរមសៅគាត Khmer Empire . He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II (r. 1150–1160) and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani .
He was the first king devoted to Buddhism , as only one prior Khmer king had been a Buddhist. He then built the Bayon as a monument to Buddhism. Jayavarman VII is generally considered the most powerful of the Khmer monarchs by historians. His government built many projects including hospitals, highways, rest houses, and temples. With Buddhism as his motivation, King Jayavarman VII is credited with introducing a welfare state that served the physical and spiritual needs of the Khmer people. (Full article...
The following are images from various Cambodia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 2 Map of South-east Asia c. 900 CE, showing the
Khmer Empire in red,
Champa in yellow and
Haripunjaya in light green, plus additional surrounding states (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 4 The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 5 Emblem of the
Salvation Front at the former head office in
Phnom Penh (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 6 Pchum Ben , also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 9 The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 10 1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 11 Archaeologists examine prehistoric
cave paintings in
Pursat province (from
Early history of Cambodia )
Image 12 Geographic map of Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 13 Mountain panorama view in
Mondulkiri Province , north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 15 Archers mounted on elephants (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 16 Portrait statue of
Jayavarman VII (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 18 A farm in Kampot province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 19 Cambodian
Pidan (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 20 Aromatic long-grain (
សែនក្រអូប ,
sên krâ-op ) rice, one of the best
paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 22 Traditional Khmer music performance (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 23 Unauthorized
sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 24 Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 25 Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 26 Traditional male clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 27 A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source:
DANIDA (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 28 Roman trade with India according to the
Periplus Maris Erythraei , 1st century CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 29 Bakong , one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 30 An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 31 Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the
Cardamom Mountains (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 32 Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 33 A fishing hut on the
Tonle Sap (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 34 Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 35 Win-Win Memorial , dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 36 Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 37 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 38 Amok Trey , Cambodia’s national dish (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 39 A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 41 Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 43 Floating homes on the Mekong (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 45 The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 46 Cambodian musical instruments (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 47 Children practicing Bokator (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 48 A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 50 Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 51 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 53 Cambodian farmers planting rice (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 54 Flag of
Cambodia pre-1864 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 55 Khmer couple in wedding attires (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 56 The volume of
Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 58 Topography of Cambodia
(from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 59 Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 61 Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 62 Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 63 Coronation of
Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 64 Longvek , the former capital of Cambodia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 65 Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 66 Rooms of the
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 67 Moonlight pavilion in
Phnom Penh (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 68 Rice fields in Takeo Province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 70 Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 71 A map of forests, vegetation and
land use in Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 72 Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
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