HRC 200 Study Guide - Tonlé Sap, Culture Of Cambodia, Chenla
30 Oct 2014
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The kingdom of cambodia (pronounced /k m bo di /, formerly known as kampuchea (/k mpu t i /), , transliterated: pre h r ach anach kr. K mp chea) is a country in south east asia with a population of over 13 million people. [2] the kingdom"s capital and largest city is phnom penh. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful hindu and. Buddhistkhmer empire, which ruled most of the indochinese peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. A citizen of cambodia is usually identified as cambodian or khmer, though the latter strictly refers to ethnic khmers. Theravada buddhists of khmer extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of predominantly muslimcham, as well as ethnic. The country borders thailand to its west and northwest, laos to its northeast, and vietnam to its east and southeast.
