(fifth millenniumB.C.), by which time tribal organization had already arisen and the population had begun to farm, fish, and hunt. By the middle of the first millenniumB.C.the ancestors of the Khmer had developed a distinctive Bronze Age culture. The working of iron began at the end of...
Cambodian Americans are members of one of the youngest ethnic groups in American society. According to the 1990 Census, the median age of people of Cambodian ancestry in the United States was only 19.4, compared to 34.1 for other Americans. Almost half of the Cambodian Americans counted in that...
Vietnamese, hill tribes, Chams, and Laotian. Theravada Buddhism is the religion of 95% of the population; Islam, animism, and Christianity also are practiced. Khmer is the official language and is spoken by more than 95% of the population. Some French is still spoken in urban ...
Between 1975 and 1979, over 1.5 Cambodians died of overwork, starvation, torture and execution. There was no transition period for the people. Overnight, the entire population in the country became farmers. The Communist Party of Kampuchea, Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, took full control of ...
In 2007 a team of archeologists determined that Angkor Wat was the world’s largest pre-industrial age city with an urban area of 1,151 square miles 2,980 square kilometers) supporting an urban population of more than 1 million people. An incredible achievement and made all the more ...
Population: 13,881,427 note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and ...
what was once a great and mighty Khmer Empire, which stretched to parts of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The population of Cambodia name the country "Kampuchea" which is derived from "Kambu-yes," or "those who are born by Kambu". Kambu, according to tradition, is the founder of Cambodia...
Population: 13,995,904 note:estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex ...
LANGUAGES:The official language is Khmer which is spoken by the entire native population, although a little French and Chinese is also spoken. EDUCATION:Aged 25 or over and having attained: N/A. Literacy; literate population aged 15 or over 48.0% (1980). ...
Population: 17,703,000 Capital City: Phnom Penh Climate: Tropical Language: Khmer International Dialing Code: +855 President: Manet Map Of Cambodia Alamy/Don Mammoser The Kingdom Of Cambodia The Kingdom of Cambodia, on the Indochina Peninsula is blessed with beautiful lakes, rivers, ...