Portal:Cambodia
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The Kingdom of Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia with a population of over 13 million people. Most Cambodians are Therevada Buddhists of Khmer extraction. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as Cambodian, or more often, Khmer.
Cambodia is the successor state of the mighty Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the 11th and 14th centuries.
The country shares a border with Thailand to its west, with Laos to its north, with Vietnam to its east, and with the Gulf of Thailand to its south. The geography of Cambodia is dominated by the Mekong river and the Tonle Sap, an important source of fish.
Sinn Sisamouth (Khmer: ស៊ីន ស៊ីសាមុត, 1935–c.1975) was a famous and highly prolific Cambodian singer-songwriter in the 1950s to the 1970s.
Widely considered the "King of Khmer music", Samouth, along with Ros Sereysothea, Pan Ron, and other artists, was part of a thriving pop music scene in Phnom Penh that blended elements of Khmer traditional music with the sounds of rhythm and blues and rock and roll to make a Westernized sound akin to psychedelic or garage rock. Samouth is believed to have been killed under the Khmer Rouge regime.
Samouth possessed a clear crooning voice which, combined with his own compositions about the pleasures and pains of romance, made him an idol. He sang many ballads, as well uptempo rock numbers that featured prominent, distortion-laden guitar, pumping organ and loud, driving drums. Other arrangements were more Latin jazz-sounding, featuring woodwinds, brass, and auxiliary percussion.
A Buddhist nun at Angkor Wat
Famous Cambodians:
- Patricia Hy-Boulais-Professional Tennis Player
- Kris Dim-Pro BodyBuilder
- Soben Huon-Miss Utah
- Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt-Angelina Jolie's adopted son
- Sunisa Kim- Import Model, Spokesmodel for Yokohoma Tires (appearances in Playboy.com and Hot Import Nights)
- Meng Lau-Model (appearances in Maxim and Stuff Magaxine)
- Haing S. Ngor-Academy Award winner
- Somaly Mam-Human rights activist, Olympic flag bearer
- Rithy Panh-Director
- Dith Pran-New York Times photo journalist
- Norodom Sihanouk-King, Prime Minister, Actor, Director, Songwriter, Screenwriter
- Loung Ung-Human rights activist
- Chhun Yasith-President of Cambodian Freedom Fighters
- November 3, 2006-Cambodia vows to become "hell" for Paedophiles{Yahoo News}
- November 2, 2006- Vietnam Machinery Corp to build cement factory{Yahoo News}
- October 30, 2006-China to enhance relations with Cambodia.(Xinhua)
...that Sisowath Monivong was the king of Cambodia from 1927 until his death in 1941?
...that Phnom Penh International Airport is the largest airport in Cambodia?
...that there were 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975? Read more at Islam in Cambodia
...that King Norodom Sihamoni is one-fourth Italian?
...that the kouprey was declared the national animal of Cambodia by Norodom Sihanouk?
...that the Cambodia national football team finished fourth in the Asian Cup 1972?
...that former King Norodom Sihanouk holds the Guinness World Record for the politician who has occupied the greatest variety of political offices?
...that current Prime Minister Hun Sen started his term in 1985?
...that the Tonle Sap supplies 60% of Cambodia's protein intake?
...that Saigon was founded by Cambodians?
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Subcategories of Cambodia:
Cambodian people - Buildings and structures in Cambodia - Cambodian people - Companies of Cambodia - Cambodian culture - Democratic Kampuchea - Geography of Cambodia - History of Cambodia - Phnom Penh - Politics of Cambodia - Royal Family of Cambodia - Schools in Cambodia - Tourism in Cambodia - Transportation in Cambodia
