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Phnom Penh first became the capital of Cambodia after Ponhea Yat, king of the Khmer Empire, moved the capital from Angkor Thom after it was captured and destroyed by Siam a few years earlier. There is a stupa behind Wat Phnom that houses the remains of Ponhea Yat and the royal family as well as the remaining Buddhist statues from the Angkorean era.
Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces (Khmer: ខេត្ត, khétt).The capital Phnom Penh is not a province but an "autonomous municipality" (Khmer: រាជធានី, réachthéani [riəceaʔtʰiəniː]; lit. 'capital'), equivalent to a province governmentally and administered at the same level as the other 24 provinces.
For instance, the 2018 CDB suggests that 1,474,489 people were living in Phnom Penh municipality, [1] whereas the 2019 census (which only preliminary results have been released for) suggests 2,129,371. [2] The figures listed in the table below are based on the most recently published Commune Database.
Cambodia has a population of about 17 million people, the majority of which are ethnically Khmer. Its capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh, followed by Siem Reap and Battambang. 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.
Koh Pich, or "Diamond Island" in English, is a satellite city in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. Koh Pich faces the Boeng Keng Kang I district and is surrounded by the Mekong and Bassac rivers. Linked by bridges, the man-made island is connected to downtown Phnom Penh.
Sihanouk Boulevard (Khmer: មហាវិថីព្រះសីហនុ) is a central boulevard of Phnom Penh which is the capital of Cambodia.The boulevard ...
Tourism receipts exceeded US$4.4 billion in 2018, accounting for almost ten percent of the kingdom's gross national product. The Angkor Wat historical park in Siem Reap Province, the beaches in Sihanoukville, the capital city Phnom Penh, and Cambodia's 150 casinos (up from just 57 in 2014) [188] are the main attractions for foreign tourists.
Cambodia broke ground Monday on a controversial, China-funded canal to link the capital Phnom Penh to the sea, despite environmental concerns and the risk of straining ties with neighboring Vietnam.