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Geographic map of Cambodia Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia , spanning an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles ), bordered by Thailand to the northwest , Laos to the north , Vietnam to the east , and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The 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 Bayon Khmer : ប្រាសាទបាយ័ន , Prasat Bayoăn [praːsaːt baːjŏən] Khmer temple related to Buddhism at Angkor in Cambodia . Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state temple of the King Jayavarman VII (Khmer : ព្រះបាទជ័យវរ្ម័នទី ៧ ), the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom (Khmer : អង្គរធំ ).
The Bayon's most distinctive feature is the multitude of serene and smiling stone faces of The Buddha - probably modeled on the face of King Jayavarman VII - on every side the many towers that jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak. The main conservatory body, the Japanese Government Team for the Safeguarding of
Angkor (the JSA) has described the temple as "the most striking expression of the baroque style" of
Khmer architecture , as contrasted with the classical style of
Angkor Wat (
Khmer :
ប្រាសាទអង្គរវត្ត ). (
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Image 2 Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 3 A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 4 Cambodian musical instruments (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 5 Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 6 Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 7 Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 8 The volume of
Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 10 Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 11 Longvek , the former capital of Cambodia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 12 Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 13 Mountain panorama view in
Mondulkiri Province , north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 14 Geographic map of Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 15 Coronation of
Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 16 Cambodian
Pidan (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 17 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 18 A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source:
DANIDA (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 19 Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 20 Win-Win Memorial , dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 21 Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the
Cardamom Mountains (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 22 Pchum Ben , also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 23 Bakong , one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 24 Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 25 Amok Trey , Cambodia’s national dish (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 26 Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 28 An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 29 Children practicing Bokator (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 30 Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 31 Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 33 Portrait statue of
Jayavarman VII (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 34 Topography of Cambodia
(from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 35 Rooms of the
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 36 Traditional male clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 37 Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 40 A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 41 A farm in Kampot province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 45 Archaeologists examine prehistoric
cave paintings in
Pursat province (from
Early history of Cambodia )
Image 46 Floating homes on the Mekong (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 47 Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 48 A fishing hut on the
Tonle Sap (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 50 Moonlight pavilion in
Phnom Penh (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 51 The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 52 Khmer couple in wedding attires (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 53 The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 54 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 55 Flag of
Cambodia pre-1864 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 56 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 57 A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 59 Traditional Khmer music performance (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 61 The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 62 Cambodian farmers planting rice (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 63 Roman trade with India according to the
Periplus Maris Erythraei , 1st century CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 64 1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 66 A map of forests, vegetation and
land use in Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 67 Aromatic long-grain (
សែនក្រអូប ,
sên krâ-op ) rice, one of the best
paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 69 Emblem of the
Salvation Front at the former head office in
Phnom Penh (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 70 Rice fields in Takeo Province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 71 Unauthorized
sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 72 Archers mounted on elephants (from
History of Cambodia )
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