QUICK FACTS ABOUT CAMBODIA

Capital city is Phnom Penh , 3 more municipalities: Sihanouk Ville, Kep and Pailin, and 20 provinces.

AREA: 181,035 sq.km. Width=560 km and Length=440 km.

POPULATION: 13,607,069. Population in Phnom Penh about 1 million.

LANGUAGES: Khmer (official), French, English

ETHNIC/RACE: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%

RELIGIONS: Theravada Buddhist 95%, others 5%

LITERACY RATE: ~70% (2003 est.)

CLIMATE: Tropical monsoon. Rainy season: May-November. Dry season: December-April.
 

Further information:

Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia

The Yale Cambodian Genocide Program http://www.yale.edu/cgp/

Statistics of Democide  http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP4.HTM

About the Cambodian Social Fund

How the schools are connected to the internet http://www.firstmilesolutions.com/Cambodia/pressrelease.htm

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