Cambodia

• Capital: Phnom Penh
• Major Cities: Sihanoukville (Kampong Saom)
• Major Geographical Features
  • Tonle Sap
  • Gulf of Thailand
  • Phu Quoc Island
  • Mekong River
  • Indochina Peninsula
• Official Name: Kingdom of Cambodia
  • Formerly
    • Khmer Repbulic
    • Democratic Kampuchea
    • People's Republic of Kampuchea
    • State of Cambodia
• Religion:Theravada Buddhist (95%)
• Languages:
  • Khmer (official)
  • French
  • English
• 1969-1973: United States bombs Cambodia as part of the Vietnam War
• 1975: The communist Khmer Rouge takes over (Under Pol Pot, 25% of Cambodia's population dies)
• 1975: The Mayaguez Incident is the last battle of the Vietnam War
• 1978: Vietnam invades
• Independence: 1953 from France
• Government: democracy under monarch
• Currency: niel
• Oklahoma is slightly larger than Cambodia
• Literacy: 73.6%
• Climate: Humid Tropical
• Angkor Wat is the largest religious structure and the only religious structure on a national flag
  • Angkor Wat is a Buddhist temple complex
• Economy
  • Printed Material
  • Clothing