- 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
- Formerly
- 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
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