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The Kingdom of Cambodia (Khmer: transliterated: Preăh
Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in Southeast Asia with a population
of more than 13 million. Cambodia is the successor state of the once
powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the
Indochinese Peninsula between the 11th and 14th centuries.A citizen of
Cambodia is usually identified as "Cambodian" or "Khmer", which strictly
refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer
extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of predominantly
Muslim Cham, as well as small hill tribes. |
