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Geographic map of Cambodia Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia , is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula , spanning an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles ), bordered by Thailand to the northwest , Laos to the north , Vietnam to the east , and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh .
In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name "Kambuja". This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire . The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism and then Buddhism to Southeast Asia and undertook religious infrastructural projects throughout the region. In the fifteenth century, Cambodia experienced a decline of power , and in 1863, it became a protectorate of France . After a period of Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Cambodia gained independence in 1953. The Vietnam War extended into the country in 1965 via the Ho Chi Minh and Sihanouk trails . A 1970 coup installed the US-aligned Khmer Republic , which was overthrown by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. The Khmer Rouge ruled the country and carried out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, when they were ousted in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War . The Vietnamese-occupied People's Republic of Kampuchea became the de facto government. Following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords which formally ended the war with Vietnam , Cambodia was governed by a United Nations mission (1992–93). The UN withdrew after holding elections in which around 90% of the registered voters cast ballots. The 1997 coup d'état consolidated power under Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). While constitutionally a multi-party state, CPP dominates the political system and dissolved its main opposition party in 2017, making Cambodia a de facto one-party state . (Full article...
The giant freshwater stingray Urogymnus polylepis junior synonym Himantura chaophraya species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae . It is found in large rivers and estuaries in Southeast Asia and Borneo , though historically it may have been more widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia. The widest freshwater fish and the largest stingray in the world, this species grows up to 2.2 m (7.2 ft) across and can reach up to 300 kg (660 lb) in weight. It has a relatively thin, oval pectoral fin disc that is widest anteriorly, and a sharply pointed snout with a protruding tip. Its tail is thin and whip-like, and lacks fin folds. This species is uniformly grayish brown above and white below; the underside of the pectoral and pelvic fins bear distinctive wide, dark bands on their posterior margins.
Bottom-dwelling in nature, the giant freshwater stingray inhabits sandy or muddy areas and preys on small fishes and
invertebrates . Females
give live birth to litters of one to four pups, which are sustained to term by maternally produced
histotroph ("uterine milk"). This species faces heavy fishing pressure for meat,
recreation , and
aquarium display, as well as extensive
habitat degradation and
fragmentation . These forces have resulted in substantial population declines in at least central
Thailand and
Cambodia . As a result, the
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed the giant freshwater stingray as
Endangered . (
Full article... )
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The following are images from various Cambodia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Rice fields in Takeo Province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 2 Amok Trey , Cambodia’s national dish (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 3 Agricultural fields in the Kampong Cham province, aerial (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 4 Coronation of
Norodom Sihanouk in 1941 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 5 Pchum Ben , also known as "Ancestors' Day". (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 6 Collection of Khmer silk cloths (sompot phamuong) (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 9 Bakong , one of the earliest temple mountain in Khmer architecture (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 10 Traditional Khmer music performance (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 12 A fishing hut on the
Tonle Sap (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 13 Topography of Cambodia
(from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 15 Unauthorized
sand mining at the Tatai River in the Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 16 Cambodian
Pidan (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 17 Khmer pagoda in Prek Leap (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 18 A farm in Kampot province (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 19 Khmer couple in wedding attires (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 20 Cambodian farmers planting rice (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 21 Map of Funan at around the 3rd century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 22 Traditional male clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 23 Aromatic long-grain (
សែនក្រអូប ,
sên krâ-op ) rice, one of the best
paddy rice varieties of Cambodia (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 24 A polluted estuary near Ream commune in Sihanoukville province, Cambodia 2014 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 25 Mountain panorama view in
Mondulkiri Province , north-eastern Cambodia, November 2012 (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 26 The tale of Vorvong & Sorvong illustration, a Khmer 19th century drawing. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 27 Geographic map of Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 28 A Buddhist celebration at a Buddhist temple. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 30 Map of South-east Asia c. 900 CE, showing the
Khmer Empire in red,
Champa in yellow and
Haripunjaya in light green, plus additional surrounding states (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 32 Nang Sbek Thom figure plate. (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 34 Win-Win Memorial , dedicated to the ending of the Cambodian Civil War in 1998 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 36 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife in Indonesia, 1964 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 38 Water buffalos in the paddy fields (from
Agriculture in Cambodia )
Image 39 A welcoming ceremony for Sihanouk in China, 1956 (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 40 Tatai River, draining the southern slopes of the
Cardamom Mountains (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 42 An aerial view of bomb craters in Cambodia (2014) (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 45 Flag of
Cambodia pre-1864 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 46 The mainland of Southeast Asia at the end of the 13th century (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 47 A map of rainfall regimes in Cambodia, source:
DANIDA (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 48 Emblem of the
Salvation Front at the former head office in
Phnom Penh (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 49 The territories of Eastern Wu (in green), 262 CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 50 Worldwide zones of tropical monsoon climate (Am). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 51 Rooms of the
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 52 The volume of
Tonle Sap Lake over the course of one year
Image 53 Jacqueline Kennedy, Sisowath Kossamak, and Norodom Sihanouk in 1967. (from
Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) )
Image 54 Southern Annamites montane rain forests: ecoregion territory (in purple) (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 56 Archers mounted on elephants (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 57 Moonlight pavilion in
Phnom Penh (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 58 Cambodian musical instruments (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 59 Khmer couple in traditional clothing (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 61 Norodom Sihanouk and his wife with
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena Ceauşescu, 1974 (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 62 Children practicing Bokator (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 63 1780 map of Cambodia and Southeast Asia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 64 A map of forests, vegetation and
land use in Cambodia (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 65 Worldwide zones of Tropical savanna climate (Aw). (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 66 Archaeologists examine prehistoric
cave paintings in
Pursat province (from
Early history of Cambodia )
Image 67 Khmer musical instruments and theatre masks (from
Culture of Cambodia )
Image 68 Longvek , the former capital of Cambodia (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 69 Choeung Ek Monument contains more than 5,000 human skulls. (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 71 Floating homes on the Mekong (from
Geography of Cambodia )
Image 72 Roman trade with India according to the
Periplus Maris Erythraei , 1st century CE (from
History of Cambodia )
Image 73 Portrait statue of
Jayavarman VII (from
History of Cambodia )
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