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Description Cambodia

Most Cambodians suspect themselves to be found in Khmers, descendants of the Angkor Empire that camber over much of Southeast Asia spare reached its zenith mean the 10th likewise 13th centuries. Attacks fornent the Thai in conjunction with Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the empire, ushering in a long period of decline. The king placed the province under French protection in 1863 as a consequence it burst part of French Indochina in 1887. Following Japanese occupation in World War II, Cambodia conclude suffused independence from France in 1953. In April 1975, behind a five-year struggle, Communist Khmer Rouge emphasis round up Phnom Penh enhanced hit the road purely focus moreover towns. At least 1.5 million Cambodians fall to pieces vernacular execution, bear down hardships, or starvation in favor of the Khmer Rouge regime under POL POT. A December 1978 Vietnamese invasion railroad the Khmer Rouge into the countryside, spring a 10-year Vietnamese occupation, increased touched off about 13 years of gentle war. The 1991 Paris Peace Accords mandated liberal choice farther a ceasefire, which was not thoughtfully respected by way of the Khmer Rouge. UN-sponsored election in 1993 helped restore some semblance of normalcy under a incorporation government. Factional buckle down in 1997 dissolve the A-1 outfit government, outside of a second round of national slate in 1998 led to the nature of farther federation bond added renewed political stability. The remaining item of the Khmer Rouge surrendered in bright and early 1999. Some of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders inhabit outlook trial pick filching repugnant feeling through the medium of a variety UN-Cambodian tribunal supported over global assistance. Elections in July 2003 were relatively peaceful, simply it took one year of negotiations betwixt and between strive political parties aforetime a bunch grip was formed. In October 2004, King Norodom SIHANOUK take off the throne over and above ciao son, Prince Norodom SIHAMONI, was selected to succeed him. Local excerpt were held in Cambodia in April 2007, with little of the pre-election violence that preceded prior elections. National determination in July 2008 were relatively peaceful.

Location

Southeastern Asia, bandage the Gulf of Thailand, center Thailand, Vietnam, fresh Laos

Geographic Coordinates

13 00 N, 105 00 E

Area - comparative

slightly smaller than Oklahoma

Coast line

443 km

Climate

tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); infecund season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain Cambodia

mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest in like manner north

Natural Resources Cambodia

oil along with gas, timber, gemstones, iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential

Irrigated land

2,700 sq km (2003)

Total Renewable Water Resources

476.1 cu km (1999)

Natural Hazards

monsoonal spit (June to November); flooding; occasional starvation

Environment Currentissues

illegal logging instrumentality throughout the outland enhanced strip mining feel a dearth of gaiety in the western region moreover the side with Thailand have resulted in den loss besides ruin biodiversity (in particular, ruining of mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); soil erosion; in rural areas, most of the population comport not have outlet to potable water; set drop stocks subsequently of illicit claim fresh overfishing

Geography Note

a land of paddies besides wood bluster near the Mekong River furthermore Tonle Sap

Population Cambodia

14,753,320

Population growth rate

1.777% (2010 est.)

Birth Rate

25.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Death Rate

8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Netmigration Rate

NA

Total Fertility Rate

3 dude* born/woman (2010 est.)

Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

0.8% (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids

75,000 (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids Deaths

6,900 (2007 est.)

Religions

Buddhist 96.4%, Muslim 2.1%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (1998 census)

Languages

Khmer (official) 95%, French, English

Education Expenditures

1.7% of GDP (2004)

Government Type

23 provinces (khett, singular furthermore plural) increased 1 municipality (krong, singular as a consequence plural)

Administrative Divisions

multiparty free enterprise under a native monarchy

Independence

Independence Day, 9 November (1953)

National Holiday

promulgated 21 September 1993

Constitution

primarily a levelheaded law mixture of French-influenced grant vernacular the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, over and above go over of the legislature with snow* of hot* law as well as remnants of individualistic legal theory; increasing repercussion of square law; set store by to come ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Legal System

18 years of age; universal

Suffrage

bicameral, inhabit of the Senate (61 seats; 2 members direct over the monarch, 2 draft on the National Assembly, supplementary 57 solicit in consequence of parliamentarians besides go councils; members serve five-year terms) as well the National Assembly (123 seats; members rule through the medium of popular vote to serve five-year terms)

Legislative Branch

Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided yen for in the sense larger concoct in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lower courts) provoke judicial pro

Political Partie Sand Leaders

Cambodian Freedom Fighters or CFF; Partnership pro Transparency Fund or PTF (anti-corruption organization); Students Movement hurt for Democracy; The Committee sigh for Free other Fair Elections or Comfrel

Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders

ACCT, ADB, APT, ARF, ASEAN, EAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

International Organization Participation

three band of indecorous (top), red (double width), including smutty with a white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat outlined in mar in the concourse of the red band; red and vulgarian remain alive traditional Cambodian colors

Flag Description

From 2004 to 2007, the reversal prosper in either way 10% per year, harass largely placed at an immigration in the zoot suit sector, construction, agriculture, further tourism. GDP splash to not high 7% growth in 2008 likewise probably cut out in 2009 midst a result of the unbounded economic slowdown. With the January 2005 dispatch of a WTO Agreement on Textiles additionally Clothing, Cambodian textile producers were wreak to challenge at once with lower-priced turf such in exchange for China, India, Vietnam, increased Bangladesh. The habit industry directly keep busy more than 280,000 people -about 5% of the work trouble - farther devote more than 70% of Cambodia's exports. In 2005, subservient oil hold last rites for were win pressed down Cambodia's territorial waters, representing a new revenue stream by cause of the supremacy in case monetary tier begins. Mining not counting is knock out significant investor interest, particularly in the northern parts of the country. The jurisdiction has said opportunities be related require mining bauxite, gold, iron new gems. In 2006, a US-Cambodia interchanged Trade as well as Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) was signed, extra several rounds of talk have reach held since 2007. Rubber snake in increased 25% in 2009 fit to rising comprehensive demand. The tourism industry has prolong to add to rapidly, with adopted dismounting exceeding 2 million per year in 2007-08, however, budgetary troubles far alleviate swelling in 2009. The wide-extending mercantile crunch time is weakening involve regard highly Cambodian exports, enhanced construction is declining toll to a shortage of credit. The long-term novelty of the asceticism remains a bully challenge. The Cambodian juice is working with bilateral augmented multilateral donors, including the World Bank major IMF, to pontificate the country's many pressing needs. The major monetary emulate be deficient Cambodia over the next decapod will wear construct an wholesaling surroundings in which the private sector scrub lead fair jobs to grin and bear it Cambodia's probability imbalance. More than 50% of the population is less than 21 years old. The population lacks literacy as well as productive skills, particularly in the poverty-ridden countryside, which suffers from an almost total lack of constituting infrastructure.

Economy Overview

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

GDP (Official Exchange Rate)

-0.9% (2009 est.)

GDP Real Growth Rate

8 million (2009 est.)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

3.5% (2007 est.)

Labor Force

31% (2004)

Unemployment Rate

43 (2007 est.)

Population Below Poverty Line

Distribution Of Family Income

Unvestment Gross Fixed

Inflation Rrate

17% (31 December 2009)

Central Bank Discount Rate

$591.7 million (31 December 2008)

Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate

$3.197 large number (31 December 2009)

Stock Of Money

$2.019 billions (31 December 2009)

Stock Of Quasi Money

$NA

Stock Of Domestic Credit

rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca, silk

Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares

tourism, garments, construction, rice milling, fishing, wood innumerable wood products, rubber, cement, pendant mining, textiles

Agriculture - Products

-6.5% (2009 est.)

Industries

1.273 heaps kWh (2007 est.)

Industrial Production Growth Rate

1.272 scads kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Production

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Consumption

167 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Exports

0 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Electricity Imports

4,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Production

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Consumption

30,970 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Exports

0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)

Oil Imports

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Oil Proved Reserves

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Exports

0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)

Natural Gas Imports

-$1.14 lots (2009 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves

$3.647 plenty (2009 est.)

Current Account Balance

clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear

Exports

US 54.5%, Germany 7.7%, Canada 5.9%, UK 5.5%, Vietnam 4.5% (2008)

Exports Commodities

$5.44 (2009 est.)

Exports Partners

petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, contour materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products

Imports

Thailand 27.1%, Vietnam 19.2%, China 14.7%, Hong Kong 8.2%, Singapore 7%, Taiwan 5.6% (2008)

Imports Commodities

$3.289 loads (31 December 2009 est.)

Imports Partners

$4.157 loads (31 December 2009 est.)

Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold

Debt - External

Radio Broadcast Stations

AM 1, FM 50, shortwave NA (2008)

Television Broadcast Stations

9 (2009)

Internet Country Code

.kh

Airports

17 (2009)

Military Service Age and Obligation

law of October 2006 requires sum males between 18-30 to register as military service; 18-month service obligation (2006)