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• Location
  The kingdom of Cambodia (Local Formal Name: Preah Reacheanachak Kampuchea) is situated in the Mekong sub-region, bordered by Thailand to the west and north, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east and south-east of the Gulf of Thailand to the south-west.
   
• Land Area
  Cambodia has a land area of 181,035 square kilometers, stretching 580 km East-West and 440 km North-West.
   
• Land Division
  Cambodia comprises 24 provinces, including 3 municipalities, 183 district, 1609 commune, and 13,406 villages.
   
• Geography
  Consists mostly of low, flat plains, though there are small mountain ranges to the Southwest and North.
   
• Capital
  Phnom Penh, with a population of 1,3 million.
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• Population
  Approximately 13.124764 Million (2003 est.). Ethnically the population consists of about 90 percent Khmer, 5% Vietnamese, 1% of Chinese and 4% of the population is under 14.
   

• Economy
  Cambodia economy is dominated by the agricultural sector, which contributes 41% of GDP (gross domestic product) and employs three-quarters of the labor force. Services account for 42% of the GDP, and industry 17%.
  Tourism is becoming one of the most important economic activities in Cambodia with more than 800.000 visitors in the year 2002.
  
  

• Religion
  The official religion is Theravada Buddhism, 95% of Khmer religion.
  The country also has minority religions of about half a million Muslims, and 60,000 Christians.
  
  

• Climate
  Cambodia has two main seasons: the dry season, from November to May and the rainy season, the Monsoon, from June to October. The hot season is from March to May.
  
  

• Temperature
  The average temperature is 32c in Phnom Penh with a peak in April (35- 40.c) and a bottom in February. Temperature rarely fall below 10.c.
  
  

• Official Language
  Khmer.
  
  

• Country Code
  855
   

Useful links

• Asia Palm Tours and Travel : Professional tours operator in Cambodia.

• Travel directory : listing websites related with travel, guest houses, restaurants, agent and transportations.

• Cambodia tour forum : forum talk about traveling to Cambodia.

• Cambodia News : Daily news in Cambodia.