Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា), the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, has an area of about 180,000 km², sharing border with Thailand in the north and west, Laos in the north-east, and Vietnam in the east and south-east. The lacustrine plain, formed by the inundations of the Tonle Sap (Great Lake), measures about 2,590 km² during the dry season and expands to about 24,605 km² during the rainy season. The kingdom’s capital and largest city is Phnom Penh.
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Phnom Penh
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Phnom Penh, formerly known as Chaktomuk“Four Faces”, is the capital and most populous city of the Southeastern Asian country of Cambodia. Located on the …
Siem Reap
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Tonlé Sap
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Tonlé Sap, commonly translated to “Great Lake”, refers to a seasonally inundated freshwater lake, the Tonlé Sap Lake and an attached river, the 120 km long …
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