Briefed by LTC YIM RATANA, Deputy Chief of ASEAN Affairs Office, Policy and Planning Department, Ministry of National Defense

FLAG OF THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIAFLAG OF THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

Name : Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia, Cambodge, Kampuchea). Capital: Phnom Penh City.

Map of Cambodia

GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY Cambodia is bounded on the northeast by Laos, on the east and

southeast by Vietnam, on the west and northwest by Thailand, and on the southwest by the Gulf of Thailand.

Area: 181,035 sq.km, slightly smaller than Oklahoma. Land boundaries: 2,572km (Laos 541km, Thailand 803km and Vietnam 1,228km) and coastline: 443km.

Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate; a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap.

Administrative Divisions: 20 Provinces and 4 Municipalities.

BRIEF HISTORYBRIEF HISTORY

- Angkor Era - Independence era and later - Khmer Republic - Khmer Rouge - Civil War - After Paris Peace Agreement up now

National day: November 9, 1953

PEOPLEPEOPLE

Population:Population: 13.2 million people with its population 13.2 million people with its population growth 1.7% (birth rate 25.53/1,000, death rate growth 1.7% (birth rate 25.53/1,000, death rate 8.24/1,000, life expectancy 61.29 years, total fertility 8.24/1,000, life expectancy 61.29 years, total fertility 3.12 children/woman)3.12 children/woman)

Nationality: Nationality: Cambodians or Khmers Cambodians or Khmers

Religion: Religion: Theravada Buddhist 95% and other 5%; Theravada Buddhist 95% and other 5%; Language:Language: Khmer (official 95%), French, English, Khmer (official 95%), French, English, Chinese...; and Chinese...; and Literacy:Literacy: 73.6%. 73.6%.

GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENTType:

Multiparty democracy under a constitutional Monarchy, the King is the Chief of State.

Branches: Executive (five-year term elections), Bicameral Legislative (National Assembly:123 seats and Senate: 61seats) and Judicial.

Political parties: CPP+FUNCINPEC ( CPP 73, FUNCINPEC 26, and SRP 24): SRP (Opposition)

MILITARY

Military: Royal Cambodian Armed Forces- Ministry of National Defense: (Policy and Logistics) - High Command Headquarters: (Operation and

training)1- Army 2- Navy3- Air forces

ECONOMY

Economy overview:- GDP : real growth rate 8.5%(in 2007 est.)- Labor Force: 7 million (in 2007 est.)- Import : $5.617 billion (in 2007 est.) - Export : $4.366 billion (in 2007 est.)

- Money exchange: 1USD = 4000 Riel

Tourism and TransportationTourism and Transportation

- Eco-Tourism- Cultural Tourism- Hotel- Transportation- Communication

THANK YOUTHANK YOU

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION