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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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The Khmer are the largest ethnic group in Cambodia, numbering about 7 million. Khmer minorities also live in east Thailand and south Vietnam. The
Khmer language belongs to the Mon-Khmer family of Austro-Asiatic languages. The Khmers live mainly in agricultural and fishing villages under a chief. They practise Theravada Buddhism and trace descent through both male and female lines. Traditionally, Khmer society was divided into six groups: the royal family, the Brahmans (who officiated at royal festivals), Buddhist monks, officials, commoners, and slaves.
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The Riel is the currency of Cambodia. One Riel is equal to 100 sen.
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Love in Ambush is a drama starring Jacques Perrin, Sigrid Thornton, Gary Sweet and Bernadette Lafont in a story about an Australian woman returning to Cambodia in 1972 to look for her brother who is reportedly a deserter on the run. Love in Ambush was directed by Carl Schultz in 1997.
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KH is an abbreviation for Cambodia
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Angkor is a city in Cambodia. It was the site of several capitals of the Khmer empire and is renowned for the temples which the Khmers built between the 9th and 12th centuries for their god-kings to live in after death. At Angkor Thom was the grandiose Bayon (temple) of Jayavarman VII; on pinnacle after pinnacle the king's features live on in the faces of the Buddha. Under this Buddhist king, Angkor Thom reached its zenith. The city, with its 13 km of moated walls and position on the shores of the vast inland lake of Tonle Sap, lay at the heart of an elaborate irrigation system which was partially laid out and controlled by the Khmer kings. For centuries the city and the great temples, with their bas-reliefs recording sacred myths and the daily lives and bloody battles of the Khmers, were lost to the jungle. After their rediscovery in the 19th century they were much restored.
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Battambang is a wetsern province of Cambodia.
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The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in the far east south east of Thailand. It has a total area of 181,040 km2. The climate is tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to October); dry season (December to March); with little seasonal temperature variation. The terrain is mostly low, flat plains with mountains in the south-west and north. Natural resources are timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, and hydropower potential. The religion is 95% Theravada Buddhism, 5% other including Hindu and Muslim. The offcial language is Khmer with French also spoken. Cambodia was a French protectorate from 1863 until 1953 with the monarchy having nominal control. In 1970 the king was overthrown and a reoublic declared. The republic was overthrown in 1975 by Khmer Rouge forces led by Pol Pot, and this regime was itself overthrown in 1979 and the People's republic of Kampuchea established. In 1989 Cambodia abandoned socialism and in 1993 the monarchy was restored and in 1993 the country changed its name to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Kampuchea is a former name of Cambodia.
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Kompong Som is the chief deep-water port of Cambodia, situated on the Gulf of Thailand.
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