CAMBODIA GEOGRAPHY Cambodia has a land area of 181,035 square kilometers in the southwestern part of the Indochina peninsula, about 20 percent of which is…

CAMBODIA CLIMATE Cambodia’s climate, like that of the rest of Southeast Asia is dominated by monsoons, which are known as tropical wet and dry because…

CAMBODIA SUBDIVISIONS THE COASTAL BOUNDARYThe coastal boundary of Cambodia is 440 kilometers with medium depth tropical sea, rich in aquatic creatures that are good for…

CAMBODIA GOVERNMENT The executive power in Cambodia is invested in the National Assembly and a Council of Ministers; under the current power-sharing arrangement CCP currently…

CAMBODIA ECONOMY At the time of the Paris Peace Accord Cambodia’s economy was in ruins. Decades of turmoil had devastated the country’s primary industries of…

CAMBODIA CULTURE AND SOCIETY Various factors contribute to Cambodian culture including Theravada Buddhism, French Colonialism, Hinduism, Angkor era culture, and modern globalization. The Cambodian Ministry…

CAMBODIA PEOPLE According to the General Population Census of 1998 the total population of Cambodia is 11.4 million, with an annual growth rate of some…

CAMBODIA EDUCATION SYSTEM The education in Cambodia was traditionally offered by the wats (Buddhist temples), thus providing education exclusively for the male population. The 1917…

CAMBODIA RELIGIONS Approximately 90 per cent of the Cambodian population follows Therevada or Hinayana Buddhism, though this is strongly overlaid with ancestor-worship and animist practices.Over…

CAMBODIA LITERATURE THE EARLY CAMBODIA LITERATURE From the earliest times in Cambodia, epic poems and folk tales were transmitted orally; spontaneous literature of this type…

CAMBODIA ETHNIC MINORITIES THE OVERVIEW OF CAMBODIA ETHNIC MINORITY Figures on the ethnic make-up of Cambodian society are somewhat difficult to determine, and the most…

CAMBODIA TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFTS The stone carving skill of the ancient Khmer was basically inherited from the Indian civilization, however, it was later evolved into its…