Cambodia Officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia‚ is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Phnom-Penh is both its capital city and its largest city. Their government is a constitutional monarchy operated as a parliamentary representative democracy. Meaning they have a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution. Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of Cambodia‚ which is
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states. Funan‚ the earliest of the Indianized states‚ is generally considered to have been the first kingdom in the area. Found in the 1st century CE‚ Funan was located on the lower reaches of the Mekong River delta area‚ in what is today southeast Cambodia and the extreme south of Vietnam. Its capital‚ Vyadhapura‚ probably was located near the present-day town of Ba Phnom in Prey Veng Province. The earliest historical reference to Funan is a Chinese description of a mission that visited the country
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Dr. Betty Taylor Education in Cambodia The Kingdom of Cambodia‚ common referred to as Cambodia‚ is a beautiful country. It is located between Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Thailand on the southern end of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Before starting my studies this semester‚ Spring 2013 at USF‚ I knew little of Cambodia. I met another IME student here at USF whose family fled Cambodia during the civil war that started in 1970. Life in Cambodia became more dangerous during the Khmer
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. GENERAL INFORMATION OF CAMBODIA Cambodia is a country with area of 181‚035 km2‚ located in Southeast Asia; bordered to the northwest by Thailand‚ the northeast by Laos‚ the east by Vietnam and the southwest by the Gulf of Thailand. Population: young; 14‚139‚000 people (in 2010) 2007 2008 2009 2010 GDP growth (%) 10.2 6.7 0.1 6.0 GDP per capita (current US$) 632 749 744 795 Inflation‚ consumer prices (%) 7.7 25.0 -0.7 4.0 Interest rate: Commercial bank
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Terror was all anyone felt anymore in Cambodia. Terror and anxiety as people counted the days until tragedy would take over life‚ as they knew it. There was no solace to be found and no comfort to be given. The entire nation was a shambles as everywhere families‚ friends‚ and individuals ran to escape the nightmare of war and rebellion. There was neither enough food nor water‚ so starvation made its home among people. Poverty went up as jobs became scarce and the death toll increased as people died
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Cambodia: Issues and Globalization Cambodia: Issues and Globalization Introduction In the globalization trend of the world‚ many countries join in regional or international organization as EU‚ APEC‚ ASEAN‚ and especially‚ WTO‚ the largest global organization. When they join those organization‚ they hope to reform their own economies and seek for chances to access foreign markets. However‚ WTO‚ or globalization‚ is not a game that every player can win. There are not only winners but also
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Cambodia Biome -Phnom Penh‚ Kandal Province‚ South East-Central Region Kacie Scott - 1261747 1. Cambodia‚ Central Region including Phnom Penh in the Kandal Province located at 11° 30 N of latitude and 104° 55 of longitude (7) 2. The average elevation of Phnom Penh is 20 m. (1) 3. Koppen Code: Aw (4) Annual Sunlight- 2490 hours(3) Monthly Precipitation: (3) January: .7 cm July: 17.1 cm February: 1 cm August: 16 cm March: 4 cm September: 22.4 cm April: 7.7 cm October:
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than a decade of spectacular growth‚ Tourism has played an important role in the development of Cambodia. It has brought employment‚ improvements in infrastructure‚ training and general education and living standards for many people‚ and raised the international profile of Cambodia. Its growth has helped diversify economic activity‚ and broaden the base of foreign earnings. Tourism statistics of Cambodia In recent years‚ the question of how to increase the yield from each tourist; how to encourage
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Cambodia has a lot of traditional and international festivals. At those times of celebration the nation share common understanding of values and traditions; even in the times of hardship people try harder to make these times special. All the traditional festivals are influenced by the concepts of religions and royal cultures. Among those plenty of holidays I will choose only the three most important celebrations to describe. Firstly‚ Water festival takes place in October or the beginning of November
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rights is the most protruding in the capital of Cambodia‚ Phnom Penh. Women and young females are having intercourse and/or oral sex against their will for the exchange of money. There are many contributing factors that lead to the practice of sex trafficking in Cambodia. The environmental‚ political‚ economic and social factors all play a role in this horrendous issue. In 2006‚ a report filed under the U.S State Department read "The Government of Cambodia does not fully comply with the minimum standards
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