Cambodia Overview Official language: Khmer
Official Religion: Buddhist (Therawada)
Population: 14.8 million (UN, 2005)
Tribal Nation: The Khmer, Vietnamese, and a small part of China
Currency: Riel (KHR) — 1 riel = 100 sen
Climate: Tropical — Season: Rainy Season (May to November) and dry season (December to April)
Capital City: Phnom Penh
Main cities: Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Kampong Sihanouk, Koh Kong
Area: 181.035 square km: Area Water 2.5%
Limit State: Laos 541 km (North), Thailand 803 km (West), Vietnam 1.228 km (East), South China Sea (South)
Coast lines: 443 km
Independence Day: 9 November 1953
Net Income per capita: USD. 3,800,000, – (World Bank)
Main exports: Fabrics, Fishing Tools, Rubber
Main Export Destination: Singapore, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Main imports: Crude Results, Building Materials, Motor Vehicles, Clothing
Main Importing Countries: Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, South Korea
Internet domain:. Kh
IDD code: +855
Electricity: 220V AC 50 Hz (same as in Indonesia)
Vehicles: The Right; Need International SIM (same as in Indonesia)
Direct Flight: from Bangkok, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Vientiane, Kuala Lumpur, and Guangzhou
Kingdom of Cambodia, is a royal country based on laws in Southeast Asia with a population of more than 15 million people. Cambodian population most Therawada embraced Buddhism and a descendant of the Khmer, but there were also descendants of Champa and other hill tribes. State of Cambodia is a successor state of the Khmer empire, which had ruled the peninsula of Indochina in the 11th century until the 14th century. It shares borders with Thailand to the west, Laos to the north, Vietnam in the east, and the Gulf of Thailand (South China Sea) in the South. The natural state of many of the confluence of Cambodia Mekong river (in the Khmer language is called ‘Tonle Tom’ means ‘Great River’) and ‘Tonle Sap’ (meaning ‘Clear River’), the source of most of Cambodia’s fish. State of Cambodia has 3 main political parties, the Cambodian People’s Party, Funcipec, and Sam Rainsi Party. Cambodian People’s Party led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, is the ruling party today. In 2004, after deliberations in the state annual meeting, Cambodian People’s Party and the Party merged to form the Kingdom Funcipec strength.
Name
Preah-reach-ana-chak Kampuchea – the official name of the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia. That is, the Kingdom of Cambodia. (Original letter as listed above)
Preah – meaning ‘the Great’.
Reach – from Sanskrit, meaning ‘king’.
Ana – from the Pali language, meaning ‘power’.
Chak – from Sanskrit, meaning ‘wheel’.
Khmer scrape – usually used by the Khmer people in the country called. Scrape it means ‘Areas’.
Pre-Tehs Khmer – the official name and in the general writing. Pre-Tehs means ‘Country’.
Pre-Tehs Cambodia – Cambodia was taken from Sanskrit, ‘Kambuja’.
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Government
Type: Liberal Democracy party with lots of power under King
Head of State: King, His Majesty Samdech Preah Norodom Sihamoni Baromneath (elected on October 29, 2004)
Head of Government: Prime Minister, Hun Sen (appointed on January 14, 1985, was elected in 1998 and 2003)
Heads of government ministries led the major 7th, the 15th ministerial level, 28 ministries, state secretariats 135, and 146 agencies under the state secretariat.
Coat KenegaraanBendera Cambodia
Flag of Cambodia, was designed around the year 1850 which has a flat ribbon 3, which is blue (on the top and bottom) and red (in the middle) with image of Angkor Wat in the center. This flag had abandoned several years during the reign of the Khmer and the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia. The flag was used again in 1993 after the first general election with the return of the king’s power. State emblem
Motto:
Meaning: State, Religion, King
National Anthem: noko-Reach
Som pouk tepda
Mercury Moha khsath Yeung
Oy tire roung roeung
Doy Chey monkol serey soursdey
Preah Ang Kjom Yeung
Som chrok Preah molup chrome boromey
Ney Preah noropdey
Vong, the Prasat khsattra del thmor
Khmer Kroup den kraung
Borann thkeung thkann.
Prasath interrupted
Korn Kombang dal prey
Kuor oy sromay
Sak Neuk dol moha yuos Nokor
Cheat Khmer dauch thmor
Vong Kong dollars or bird nov peung chom hor
The Khem por Yeung
Samnang préng burst Pheup Cambodia
Moha Roth keut mien
You veanh heuy Ang.
Wat Kroup aram
Leu was so sap thoeur
Sot Doy am normal
Rom leuk kon sasna Poth
Neak Chea Yeung Cho
SMAK Choeu tam chiak smos BEP donta
Kong te tevada
Neung chuoy chrom chréng pre phkot phkang oy yoch
Khmer pratéh Dol
Chea Moha Nokor. God protect the king,
And provide happiness and glory,
To govern for the soul and our destiny,
Someone, heirs government building,
Guiding a proud old Kingdom.
Temples were asleep in the woods,
Remembering the glory is Nakor,
Like a stone, the Khmer people immortal,
Let us entrust the fate of Cambodia,
Capable of challenging the Kingdom era.
Disenandungkan song of the pagodas,
In the triumph of the sacred Buddhist destiny,
Let us hold fast to the belief of our ancestors.
Then God will give the gift of abundant,
Khmer nation to earlier times, named All-Nakor.
Cambodia History
Since the 9th century until the 15th century, Cambodia has become the center of power the Khmer empire, which centered at Angkor. Angkor Wat (Angkor temple), the main religious temple Khmer Empire, Cambodia is a symbol that reflects the splendor of the royal past as a world power, and become the main tourist attractions in the State of Cambodia to this day. Cambodia was a French Protection Area (French colony) since 1863 until the country gained independence in 1953. In the year 1941 to 1945, Cambodia had been occupied by Japanese troops in World War II. Later in the year 1950 until the 1960s, this country was under the reign of King Norodom Sihanouk, the country was in crisis for lack berpihakannya defend South Vietnam against North Vietnam.
In 1969, the U.S. began bombing attacks to destroy the communist headquarters in Cambodia. Cambodia continued to be attacked until the year 1973. About 30,000 to 500,000 people became casualties during the rainy bomb. During the year 1970 until the 1980s, the country was filled with the war among community groups, because the power at the time it was the army who was also Khmer Agro-Communist, and even events such as massacres and so very often happens. During the Khmer Army occupation, massacres carried out against the intelligentsia, the opponents see Karl Marx, and some people are more innocent. Millions of people fled to the Thai border.
Vietnam attacked in 1978 and the U.S. to ban the activities of all governments to support Vietnam. Khmer troops assisted by Americans to keep the seat in the Council of the United Nations, and give the defense that the rule of Pol Pot is still the legitimate government in Cambodia. After intervention by the United Nations, in 1970 until the 1980s, Cambodia began to get the security and begin rebuilding infrastructure that had devastated the country during the atrocities occurred.
Cambodia Area
Cambodia is divided into 20 provinces (khett) and 4 Municipal (krong). Each subdivided into Sub (scrape), Sub-District (Rabigh), District (khett), and also islands (koh).
Township (Krong): Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville (Kampong Som), Pailin, and Kep.
Province (Khett): Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Kampong Thom, Kampot, Kandal, Koh Kong, Kratie, Mondulkiri, Oddar Meancheay Province, Pursat, Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Ratanakiri, Siem Reap, Stung Treng, Svay Rieng, and Takeo.
Islands (Koh): Koh Sess, Polaway Koh, Koh Rong, Koh Thass, Koh Treas, Koh Traolach, central Koh, and Koh Tan.
Nature Cambodia
Cambodia has an area of about 181.040 square kilometers, sharing an 800-kilometer border with Thailand on the north and west, a 541-kilometer border with Laos on the northeast, and a 1.228-kilometer border with Vietnam on the east and southeast. It has 443 kilometers of Coastline along the Gulf of Thailand. The most Distinctive geographical feature is the lacustrine plain formed by the inundations of the Tonle Sap (Great Lake), measuring about 2.590 square kilometers during the dry season and expanding to about 24.605 square kilometers during the rainy season. This densely populated plain, which is devoted to wet rice cultivation, is the Heartland of Cambodia. Most (about 75 percent) of the country lies at less than elevations of 100 meters above sea level, the exceptions being the Cardamom Mountains (highest elevation 1.813 meters) and their Dâmrei southeast extension the Mountains ( “Elephant Mountains”) (elevation range 500 -1.000 meters), as well the Steep escarpment of the Dângrêk Mountains (average elevation 500 meters) along the border with Thailand’s Isan region. The highest elevation of Cambodia is Phnom Aoral, near Pursat in the center of the country, at 1.813 meters (5.948 feet) above sea-level. Temperatures range from 10 ° C to 38 ° C and Cambodian experiences tropical monsoons. Inland blowing Southwest monsoons bring moisture-laden winds from the Gulf of Thailand and Indian Ocean from May to October, and the country experiences the heaviest precipitation from September to October. The northeast monsoon ushers in the dry season, which lasts from November to March, with the driest period from January to February.
Cambodia Politics
Cambodia underwent turbulent events from the 1970s until the early 1990s, when elections, administered by the United Nations, were held. Ever since then, Cambodia has enjoyed greater stability and peace. One effect of this was the smooth transition when King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in favor of his son Norodom Sihamoni on October 14, 2004. Cambodia is now a constitutional Monarchy where executive power is held by the prime minister. The head of the state is the king, who reigns but does not govern. Although in the Khmer language there are many words meaning “king”, the word officially used in Khmer (as found in the 1993 Cambodian Constitution) is preahmâhaksat, which literally means: Preah-( “sacred”, cognate of the Indian word Brahmin) -maha-(from Sanskrit, meaning “great”, cognate with “maha-” in maharaja)-ksat ( “warrior, ruler”, cognate of the Indian word Kshatriya). On the occasion of HM King Norodom Sihanouk’s retirement in October 2004, the Cambodian National Assembly coined a new word for the retired king: preahmâhaviraksat, where vira comes from Sanskrit vi-ra, meaning “brave or eminent man, hero, chief”, cognate of Latin vir, viris, Home virile. Preahmâhaviraksat is translated into Bahasa Indonesia as “King-Father” (French: Roi-Père), although the word “father” does not appear in the Khmer noun. As preahmâhaviraksat, Norodom Sihanouk retains many of the prerogatives he formerly held as preahmâhaksat and is a highly respected and listened-to figure. Thus, in effect, Cambodia can be described as a country with two heads of state: an official one, the preahmâhaksat Norodom Sihamoni, and an unofficial one, the preahmâhaviraksat Norodom Sihanouk. The Legislature comprises a 61-member appointed Senate and a 123-member lower house, the National Assembly, elected under proportional representation by popular vote for 5 year terms. The judiciary is very weak, since only a handful of lawyers and judges were left alive, the rest being killed during the rule of the Khmer Rouge. Hun Sen of the Cambodian People’s Party, or CPP, ousted his former co-prime minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, son of Prince Sihanouk and brother of current King Sihamoni, in a short but bloody civil war between the two coalition partners in 1997. The CPP won the elections in 1998, and formed a coalition with Funcinpec, Ranariddh’s royalist party, but with Hun Sen as sole prime minister. In the 2003 National Assembly elections, the CPP won 73 seats with 47% of the vote, the opposition Sam Rainsy-liberal Party won 24 seats (22%), and Funcinpec won 26 seats (21%). Eleven women were among those elected. Following a year long deadlock during which Funcinpec and the Sam Rainsy Party united to oppose the CPP, and thus prevented it from forming a government, Funcinpec switched sides and joined with the CPP, allowing it to control the two thirds of the seats in the National Assembly needed to form a government.
Cambodia Economy
Despite the recent progress, the Cambodian economy continues to suffer from the effects of decades of civil war and internal strife. The per capita income, is rapidly increasing, but is low compared with other countries in the region. Most rural households depend on agriculture and its related sub-sectors. Rice, fish, timber, garments and rubber are Cambodia’s major exports, and the United States, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia are its major export partners. The recovery of Cambodia’s economy dramatically Slowed in 1997-1998 due to the regional economic crisis, civil violence, and political infighting. Foreign investment and tourism also fell off drastically. Since then however, growth has been steady. In 1999, the first full year of peace in 30 years, progress was made on economic Reforms and growth resumed at 5.0%. Despite severe flooding, GDP grew at 5.0% in 2000, 6.3% in 2001, and 5.2% in 2002. Tourism was Cambodia’s fastest growing industry, with increasing Arrivals from 219.000 in 1997 to 1,055,000 in 2004. During 2003 and 2004 the growth rate remained steady at 5.0%, while in 2004 inflation was at 1.7% and exports at $ 1.6 billion U.S. dollars. As of 2004 GDP per Capita was $ 1900 USD, which ranked it 175th (out of 232) countries. The population lacks education and productive skills, particularly in the poverty-ridden countryside, which suffers from an almost total lack of basic infrastructure. Fear of renewed political instability and corruption within the government discourage foreign investment and delay foreign aid. The government is addressing these issues with assistance from bilateral and multilateral donors.
Cambodian society
Cambodia is ethnically homogeneous, as more than 90% of its population is of Khmer origin and speaks the Khmer language, the country’s official language. The remainder include Chinese, Vietnamese, Cham and Khmer Loeu. The Khmer language is a member of the Mon-Khmer subfamily of the Austroasiatic language group. French is spoken by many Cambodians as a second-language and is often the language of instruction in various schools and universities. Cambodian French is a dialect found in Cambodia. It is also frequently used in government. However, in recent decades, many younger Cambodians, as well as members of the business-classes, have favored learning Bahasa Indonesia and it is Gradually becoming the more widely-known. Theravada Buddhism, suppressed by Khmer Rouge but now revived, is the main religion, but Christianity is spreading in the country.
Cambodia Culture
Khmer culture, as developed and spread by the Khmer empire, has Distinctive styles of dance, architecture and sculpture which have strongly influenced neighbouring Laos and Thailand. Notable recent artistic figures include the singers Sinn Sisamouth, who introduced new musical styles to the country, and later Meng Keo Pichenda. Bonn Om Teuk (Water Festival), rowing boat the annual contest, is the biggest Cambodian holiday. The festival is held at the end of the rainy season when the Mekong river begins to sink back to its normal levels. Approximately 10% of Cambodia’s population Attends this event each year. Popular games include kicking a Sey, which is similar to a Hacky Sack, cockfighting and soccer. Rice, as in other South East Asian countries, is the staple grain, while fish from the Mekong and Tonle Sap also form an important part of the diet. The Cambodian per capita supply of fish and fish products for food and trade in 2000 was 20 kg of fish per year or 2 oz. per day per person .. Some of the fish can be made into prahok (a Khmer delicacy) for longer storage. Overall, the cuisine of Cambodia is similar to that of its Southeast Asian neighbors. The cuisine is Relatively unknown to the world compared to that of its neighbors Thailand and Vietnam, but has been described not as spicy as Thai cuisine and similar to other Southeast Asian cuisines.
General teachings in Cambodia include:
If someone does not wake up before sunrise, so he is lazy;
Should always tell their parents or brother to go, and what time again;
Regular foot should sit down and not crossed (crossing her legs to show rude);
Untk lets others speak first.
Just like in Indonesia, Khmer Culture attention to the level of a person under the age of one, the older the age of a person, the more we respect them.
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