CAMBODIA

Cambodia has a land area of 181,035 square kilometers in the southwestern part of the Indochina peninsula, about 20 percent of which is used for agriculture. It lies completely within the tropics with its southern most points slightly more than 10° above the Equator. The country capital city is Phnom Penh.

International borders are shared with Thailand and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on the West and the North, and the Social Republic of Viet Nam on the East and the Southeast. The country is bounded on the Southeast by the Gulf of Thailand. In comparison with neighbors, Cambodia is a geographical contact country administratively composed of 20 provinces, three of which have relatively short maritime boundaries, 2 municipalities, 172 districts, and 1,547 communes. The country has a coastline of 435 km and extensive mangrove stands, some of which are relatively undisturbed.

Location

Located in South-east Asia, Cambodia (Kampuchea) has a coastline on the gulf of Siam. Thailand is to its west and north, Laos to its north and Vietnam to its east and south.

Capital

Phnom Penh

Language

Khmer (Official), French

Monetary Unit

Riel

Largest Cities

Battambaug, Kampong Chan

Principal rivers

Mekong

Places to Visit

Phnom Penh, Battambaug, Kampong Chan.

Air Ports

Phnom Penh International Air Port