Facts and Figures

Full name:  Cambodia 

Nationality
        noun: Cambodian(s)
        adjective: Cambodian 

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Area
        total: 181,040 sq km
        land: 176,520 sq km
        water: 4,520 sq km

Population: 13,607,069

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 than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups
        Khmer 90%
        Vietnamese 5%
        Chinese 1%
        other 4%

Capital:  Phnom Penh (920 000)

Largest Cities
        Batambang (95 000) Takeo

Official Language
        Khmer (official) 95%
        French
        English 
Religion
        Theravada Buddhist 95%
         other 5% 

Political system:  presidential democracy

GDP: purchasing power parity - $26.99 billion (2004 est.) 

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2004 est.) 

Annual growth: 5.4% (2004 est.) 

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 35% 
        industry: 30%
        services: 35% (2004 est.) 

Inflation:  3.1% (2004 est.)

Tourism Tour boats in the Tonle Sap river The tourism industry is the country's second-greatest source of hard currency after the textile industry. More than 60% of visitor arrivals are to Angkor, and most of the remainder to Phnom Penh. Other tourist hotspots include Kompong Som (Cambodia's only port), which has a popular beach. The Angkor Wat temple complex is the best preserved example of Khmer architecture. Angkor means "city" and Wat "temple". Out of bounds to tourists during the civil war, it gained particular worldwide attention after featuring in the movie Tomb Raider. The Bayon, also at Angkor, is located at the center of Angkor Thom. It has 54 towers, each bearing four smiling faces. Many tourists also visit the Tuol Sleng Museum, the infamous prison of the Khmer Rouge, and Choeung Ek, one of the main Killing Fields; both display photographs, skulls and bones of victims of the autogenocide. Cambodia is also a major destination for sex tourism, and there is particular concern over child sex and forced prostitution.

 

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