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Cambodia's reputation as a safe destination for tourism has been hindered by civil and political unrest [189] [190] [191] and several high-profile examples of serious crime committed against tourists visiting the kingdom. [192] [193] [194] Cambodia's tourist souvenir industry employs many people around the main places of interest.
Geographic map of Cambodia. Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest.
The Vietnam War extended into the country during the 1960s, culminating in a 1970 coup which installed the US-aligned Khmer Republic, and the takeover of the Khmer Rouge in 1975. The Khmer Rouge ruled the country and carried out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, until they were ousted during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
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According to Glottolog, 22 languages other than Khmer are spoken in Cambodia, [18] most of which are also Austroasiatic languages. Other Austroasiatic languages of Cambodia include Kuy, Por (Pear), Somray, Chong, Suoy, Sa'och, Tampuan, Kaco', Stieng, Mnong, Brao, Krung (Rade), and Sou (Laven). Many of these languages are also spoken in Vietnam.
Cambodia – a sovereign country located in Southeast Asia with a population of over 13 million people. [1] It 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.
Cambodia is a country in mainland Southeast Asia. It borders Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Gulf of Thailand and covers a total area of approximately 181,035 km 2 (69,898 sq mi). The country is situated in its entirety inside the tropical Indomalayan realm [1] and the Indochina Time zone (ICT). [2] [3]
The history of Cambodia, a country in mainland Southeast Asia, can be traced back to Indian civilization. [1] [2] Detailed records of a political structure on the territory of what is now Cambodia first appear in Chinese annals in reference to Funan, a polity that encompassed the southernmost part of the Indochinese peninsula during the 1st to 6th centuries.