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Geographic map of Cambodia Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia . Cambodia borders Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand on the southwest. Cambodia 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 fifteenth century, Cambodia experienced a decline of power , and in 1863, it became a protectorate of France . After a period of Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Cambodia gained independence in 1953. The Vietnam War extended into the country in 1965 via the Ho Chi Minh and Sihanouk trails . A 1970 coup installed the US-aligned Khmer Republic , which was overthrown by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. The Khmer Rouge ruled the country and carried out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, when they were ousted in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War . The Vietnamese-occupied People's Republic of Kampuchea became the de facto government. 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 holding elections in which around 90% of the registered voters cast ballots. 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 Cambodia a de facto one-party state . (Full article...
The wreckage of U.S. Air Force CH-53 helicopters Knife 23 (left) and Knife 31 (right), shot down during the battle, lying on Koh Tang's East Beach shortly after the battle
The Mayaguez incidentKampuchea (now Cambodia ) and the United States from 12 to 15 May 1975, less than a month after the Khmer Rouge took control of the capital Phnom Penh ousting the U.S.-backed Khmer Republic . After the Khmer Rouge seized the U.S. merchant vessel SS Mayaguez in a disputed maritime area, the U.S. mounted a hastily-prepared rescue operation. U.S. Marines recaptured the ship and attacked the island of Koh Tang where it was believed that the crew were being held as hostages.
Encountering stronger than expected defences on Koh Tang, three
United States Air Force helicopters were destroyed during the initial assault and the Marines fought a desperate day-long battle with the Khmer Rouge before being evacuated. The
Mayaguez ' s crew were released unharmed by the Khmer Rouge shortly after the attack on Koh Tang began. The names of the Americans killed, including three Marines left behind on Koh Tang after the battle and subsequently executed by the Khmer Rouge, are the last names on the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial . (
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The following are images from various Cambodia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Emblem of the
Salvation Front at the former head office in
Phnom Penh (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 2 Mountain panorama view in
Mondulkiri Province , north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 3 Cambodian musical instruments (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 4 An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 6 A farm in Kampot province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 7 Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 10 Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 13 The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 15 A map of forests, vegetation and
land use in Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 18 Cambodian
Pidan (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 19 Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 20 Children practicing Bokator (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 21 Aromatic long-grain (
សែនក្រអូប ,
sên krâ-op ) rice, one of the best
paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 22 Bakong , one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 24 Moonlight pavilion in
Phnom Penh (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 25 Amok Trey , Cambodia’s national dish (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 26 Longvek , the former capital of Cambodia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 27 Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 29 Geographic map of Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 30 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 31 Traditional male clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 32 Roman trade with India according to the
Periplus Maris Erythraei , 1st century CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 33 The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 34 Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 35 Portrait statue of
Jayavarman VII (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 36 Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 37 Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 39 Floating homes on the Mekong (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 40 Archers mounted on elephants (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 41 Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 42 Khmer couple in wedding attires (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 43 1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 44 A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 45 Coronation of
Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 46 Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 47 A fishing hut on the
Tonle Sap (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 48 Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 49 Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the
Cardamom Mountains (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 50 Topography of Cambodia
(from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 52 The volume of
Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 53 The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 55 Archaeologists examine prehistoric
cave paintings in
Pursat province (from
Early history of Cambodia )
Image 56 A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source:
DANIDA (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 57 Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 58 Flag of
Cambodia pre-1864 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 59 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 60 Pchum Ben , also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 63 A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 64 A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 65 Traditional Khmer music performance (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 Win-Win Memorial , dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 68 Rice fields in Takeo Province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 69 Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 70 Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 71 Cambodian farmers planting rice (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 72 Unauthorized
sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 73 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from
History of Cambodia )
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