cambodia

     

The Kingom of Cambodia (pronounced /kæmˈboʊdɪə/, formerly known as Kampuchea (/kampuˈtɕiːə/), , transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.

Trivia about cambodia

  • Sadly, the "Killing Fields" of the Khmer Rouge will be forever associated with what's now this country
  • In October 1970 this country proclaimed itself the Khmer Republic
  • In 1970 Prince Norodom Sihanouk was deposed in a bloodless coup as head of state of this country
  • On a trip in this country in 1860 Henri Mouhot set angkor, finding Wat & Thom
  • The one ruled by a king
  • The Gulf of Thailand is bordered on its west by Thailand & on its east by Vietnam & this country
  • In September 1989 Vietnam completed its withdrawal of military forces from this country
  • Thailand & Laos both border this nation
  • Phnom Penh
  • Between the 800s and 1400s the Khmer had a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom with its capital in what is now this country
  • "Wat"'s new for this country? Its flag seen here, adopted in 1993
  • The smallest in area
  • It takes its name from the mythological Kambu, from whom its kings claimed descent
  • In 1960 Prince Norodom Sihanouk became leader of this country, but declined the title of king
  • Vietnam,Laos,Cambodia
  • This country has exiled Norodam Sihanouk twice & twice crowned him king
  • Angkor Thom(the country)
  • The May 1970 Kent State protest was in reaction to U.S. troops entering this country
  • Kampuchea
  • Haing Ngor &Dith Pran
  • King Norodom Sihamoni
  • The lead singer of the band Dengue Fever is from this country & often sings in Khmer
  • Anchor Steam is a beer; Angkor Wat is a temple complex in this country
  • It was the Khmer Republic from 1970 until 1975
  • Want to know what's depicted on this country's flag? Angkor Wat, that's wat!
  • It's the country that Martin Sheen & his team must illegally enter in search of Col. Kurtz
  • During the rainy season the Mekong backs into the Tonle Sap, flooding the central part of this country
  • Thailand to the west, Laos to the north & Vietnam to the east
  • Phnom Penh country(8)
  • Gamboge is a yellow pigment that got its name from its origin in this southeast Asian country
  • The former Asian monarch seen here reigned in this country until 2004, when he turned the throne over to his son
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI.) One of Ford's biggest foreign crises was the capture of the U.S. ship Mayaguez by this Asian country in 1975
  • Kate Webb, a rare female Vietnam War reporter, was captured in this adjoining country & presumed dead, but got out
  • In the 1400s the temple complex of Angkor in this present country was abandoned & the jungle crept in
  • William Shawcross' "Sideshow" was subtitled "Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of" this country
  • Sometimes sharing power with Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Hun Sen was first elected PM of this country in 1985
  • Phnom Aural

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