KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

Kingdom of Cambodia, formerly known as Kampuchea, Khmer.This country is located in southeast Asia, bordered by Thailand to the west and northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east and south-east, and south, the Gulf of Thailand. On the geography of Cambodia is dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap Lake "Lake of fresh water."

 Governance in Cambodia, constitutional monarchy, with King Norodom Sihamoni of the country. Phnom Penh, capital of the Kingdom and the largest cities, as they are the center of economic, industrial, commercial and cultural headquarters in Cambodia. The city of Siem Reap (the city is located near the ruins of the famous Angkor Wat) Alongkor gate area, and the first tourist destination in Cambodia. Medinahibatambang known, the largest city in western Cambodia, the production of rice. While Cianokvel a coastal city and major seaport and beach resort.

 Cambodia has an area of ​​about 181.035 km2 (69,898 square miles), and a population of more than 14 million Mnargih Khmer.Is usually called a citizen of Cambodia to "Cambodian" or "Khmer," though the latter specifically refers to ethnic Khmers.Most of the Cambodian Theravada Buddhists, but there is also the country's large Muslim population Altcham, as well as ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and the pagan tribes are small.

 Agriculture is the most important sector in the economy of Cambodia, where reliable about 59% of the population living in (Alerzho main crop). Clothing, tourism and construction sectors of other important terms of the number of foreign visitors to Angkor Wat more than 4 million people. In 2005, was found on the reservoirs of oil and natural gas under the waters of Cambodia, which is expected to have a significant impact on the payment of the Cambodian economy with the start of the commercial exploitation of oil extracted in 2011.

 Cambodia is the English name of the country, taken from the French. While in Kampuchea, the former name of the country in the English language, closer to the Khmer language. Derived in the language of the Khmer Kampuchea of ​​the Kingdom of ancient Kamboja is the name of an ancient Sanskrit Kambojas, one of the early tribes in northern India, which bears the name of its founder Sfallaambova Campo, which is believed to be a synonym of Cambyses. Briaricanatchak Kampuchea "means the Kingdom of Cambodia." The origin of the word to the: ground ("holy"), Rich ("the king or the royal" from Sanskrit) I (of the language worn Anna, "the authority Oalkiedh" or from Sanskrit itself, where the same meaning), Chuck (from Chakraalsnscritah, which means"wheel", the symbol of power and sovereignty). Name used on formal occasions, Kalkhtab political and news programs, is Bratih Kampuchea, literally means the "state of Cambodia."Bratih is the official word that means "country." The name used by most of the Khmers, is Khmah Serum and literally means "the land of the Khmer." Serum word belongs to the family of moon - Khmer, which almost from the very meaning of Bratih but less formal. Mention of the word Khmer words, the letter "t" final in the Khmer alphabet, but this term no longer used in most dialects of Khmer since the 19th century. Change the official name of Cambodia since independence, the original several times, because of the turbulent history of the country. Used the following names in English and French since 1954:

Kingdom of Cambodia under the rule of the monarchy from 1953 until 1970.

Khmer Republic under the rule of Lon Nol and his government 1970-1975.

Democratic Kampuchea under the rule of the Khmer Rouge Communists, 1975-1979.

People's Republic of Kampuchea under the rule of the government, backed by Vietnam 1979-1989.State of Cambodia (a neutral name so that the decision to return to the property) after the collapse of the Eastern bloc, under the sovereignty of the Transitional Authority of the United Nations 1989-1993.

Kingdom of Cambodia after the restoration of the monarchy in 1993.