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Country Conventional
Name:
Kingdom of Cambodia
(Locally called
Preahreacheanachakr
Kampuchea). In
short by local:
Kampuchea
Capital:
Phnompenh
Location:
Southeast Asia,
bordering the Gulf of
Thailand to the south,
Thailand to the east,
Vietnam to the West, and
Laos to the North
Climate - Tropical
Rainy Season: June to
OctoberCool Season: November to
February
Hot Season: March to May
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Monsoon season: May
to November); Dry
season (December to
April) - Average
Temperature: 32
degree Celsius
Size: 181,035
square kilometers, with
coastal line of 443 km.
Population:
11,626,520 (1999)
Khmer 90%, Vietnamese
5%, and Chinese, Chams
(Khmer Island),
Hilltribes, Chinese
constituted remaining 5%
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Population growth
rate:
2.49% (1999 est.)
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Birth rate:
41.05 births/1,000
population (1999
est.)
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Death rate:
16.2 deaths/1,000
population (1999
est.)
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Military Age:
18 years of age
ReligionOfficially Theravada
Buddhism 95%; others
Islam and Christianity
LanguageOfficially Khmer -
others: English, French,
Chinese and Vietnamase
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Literacy:
35% of total
population
Time: +7 GMT
Communication:
The handphone has become
a necessity in Cambodia.
Handphone numbers start
with 011, 012, 015, 016
or 018. Phone cards can
be bought at hotels post
offices and supermarkets
for use at public
phones.
Economy (Estimated)
GDP:
purchasing power
parity—$7.8 billion
(1998 est.)
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Agriculture: 51%
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Industry: 15%
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Services: 34%
Inflation rate:
15% (1998)
Labor force: 2.5
million to 3 million
Labor force:
agriculture 80%
Industries: rice
milling, fishing, wood
and wood products,
rubber, cement, gem
mining, textiles
Natural resources:
Timber, gemstones, some
iron ore, manganese,
phosphates, hydropower
potential
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