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Background:
Following a five-year struggle, Communist Khmer Rouge forces
captured Phnom Penh in 1975 and ordered the evacuation of all cities and
towns; over 1 million displaced people died from execution or enforced
hardships. A 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the
countryside and touched off 13 years of fighting. UN-sponsored elections
in 1993 helped restore some semblance of normalcy, as did the rapid
diminishment of the Khmer Rouge in the mid-1990s. A coalition
government, formed after national elections in 1998, brought renewed
political stability and the surrender of remaining Khmer Rouge forces.
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Location:
Geographic
coordinates:
Map references:
Area:
Area -
comparative:
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boundaries:
Coastline:
Maritime claims:
Climate:
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extremes:
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resources:
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Natural hazards:
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current issues:
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international
� agreements:
Geography -
note:
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand,
Vietnam, and Laos
13 00 N, 105 00 E
Southeast Asia
total: 181,040 sq km
land: 176,520 sq km
water: 4,520 sq km
slightly smaller than Oklahoma
total: 2,572 km
border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km
443 km
contiguous zone: 24 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
continental shelf 200 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season
(December to April); little seasonal temperature variation
mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Plmum Aoral 1,810 m
timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower
potential
arable land: 21%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 78% (1998 est.)
2,700 sq km (1998 est.)
monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts
illegal logging activities throughout the country and strip mining for
gems in the western region along the border with Thailand have resulted
in habitat loss and declining biodiversity (in particular, destruction of
mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); soil erosion; in rural areas,
a majority of the population does not have access to potable water; toxic
waste delivery from Taiwan sparked unrest in Kampong Saom
(Sihanoukville) in December 1998
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping
a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle
Sap
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Population:
Age structure:
Population
growth rate:
Birth rate:
Death rate:
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rate:
Sex ratio:
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rate:
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at birth:
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rate:
HIV/AIDS - adult
prevalence rate:
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people living
with HIV/AIDS:
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deaths:
Nationality:
Ethnic groups:
Religions:
Languages:
Literacy:
12,775,324
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy,
higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth
rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than
would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)
0-14 years: 40.7% (male 2,646,883; female 2,550,015)
15-64 years: 55.8% (male 3,373,692; female 3,758,736)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 182,149; female 263,849) (2002 est.)
2.24% (2002 est.)
32.93 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
10.51 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
total population: 57.1 years
female: 59.5 years (2002 est.)
male: 54.81 years
4.66 children born/woman (2002 est.)
4.04% (1999 est.)
220,000 (1999 est.)
14,000 (1999 est.)
noun: Cambodian(s)
adjective: Cambodian
Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%
Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 35%
male: 48%
female: 22% (1990 est.)
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Country name:
Government
type:
Capital:
Administrative
divisions:
Independence:
National holiday:
Constitution:
Legal system:
Suffrage:
Executive
branch:
Legislative
branch:
Judicial branch:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Cambodia
conventional short form: Cambodia
local short form: Kampuchea
local long form: Preahreacheanachalcr Kampuchea
former: Khmer Republic, Kampuchea Republic
multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy established in
September 1993
Phnom Penh
20 provinces (khett, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities* (lcrong,
singular and plural); Banteay Mean Cheay, Batdambang, Kampong
Cham, Kampong Chlinang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot,
Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Keb*, ICracheh, Mondol Kin, Otdar Mean Cheay,
Pailin*, Phnum Penh*, Pouthisat, Preah Seihanu* (Sihanoukville), Preah
Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanah Kin, Siem Real), Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng,
Talcev
9 November 1953 (from France)
Independence Day, 9 November (1953)
promulgated 21 September 1993
primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United
Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal
decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and
remnants of communist legal theory; increasing influence of common
law in recent years
18 years of age; universal
chief of state: King Norodom SIHANOUK (reinstated 24 September
1993)
head of government: Prime Minister HUN SEN (since 30 November
1998) and Deputy Prime Ministers SAR KHENG (since NA) and TOL
LAH (since NA)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch
elections: none; the monarch is chosen by a Royal Throne Council; prime
minister appointed by the monarch after a vote of confidence by the
National Assembly
bicameral consists of the National Assembly (122 seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Senate (61 seats; two
members appointed by the monarch, two elected by the National
Assembly, and 57 elected by "functional constituencies"; members serve
five-year terms)
elections: National Assembly - last held 26 July 1998 (next to be held
NA July 2003); Senate - last held 2 March 1999 (next to be held NA
2004)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CPP
41%, FUNCINPEC 32%, SRP 14%, other 13%; seats by party - CPP 64,
FUNCINPEC 43, SRP 15; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats
by party - CPP 31, FUNCINPEC 21, SRP 7, other 2
Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in the constitution and
formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lower courts) exercises
judicial authority
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Political parties
and leaders:
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pressure groups
and leaders:
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organization
participation:
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representation in
the US:
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representation
from the US:
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Economy -
overview:
GDP:
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growth rate:
GDP - per capita:
Buddhist Liberal Party or BLP [IENG MOULY]; Cambodian
Pracheachon Party or Cambodian People's Party or CPP [CHEA SIM];
Khmer Citizen Party or KCP [NGUON SOEUR]; National United Front
for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia or
FUNC1NPEC [Prince NORODOM RANARIDDH]; Sam R.angsi Party or
SRP (formerly Khmer Nation Party or KNP) [SAM RANGSI]
NA
ACCT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM, OPCW
(signatory), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTo0, WTrO (observer)
chief of mission: Ambassador ROLAND ENG
FAX: [I] [phone]
telephone: [1] [phone]
chancery: 4500 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
chief of mission: Ambassador Kent M. WIEDEMANN
embassy: 16-18 Mongkol lem St. 228, Phnom Penh
mailing address: Box P, APO AP 96546
telephone: [855] (23) 216-436
FAX: [855] (23) 216-437
three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (double width), and blue with a
white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat outlined in black in
the center of the red band
Cambodia's economy slowed dramatically in 1997-98 due to the regional
economic crisis, civil violence, and political infighting. Foreign
investment and tourism fell off. In 1999, the first full year of peace in 30
years, progress was made on economic reforms and growth resumed at
5%. GDP growth for 2000 had been projected to reach 5.5%, but the
worst flooding in 70 years severely damaged agricultural crops, and high
oil prices hurt industrial production, and growth for the year is estimated
at only 4%. In 2001, severe floods damaged an estimated 15% of the area
devoted to rice. Tourism now is Cambodia's fastest growing industry,
with arrivals up 34% in 2000 and up another 40% in 2001 before the
September 11 terrorist attacks in the US. The long-term development of
the economy after decades of war remains a daunting challenge. The
population lacks education and productive skills, particularly in the
poverty-ridden countryside, which suffers from an almost total lack of
basic infrastructure. Fear of renewed political instability and corruption
within the government discourage foreign investment and delay foreign
aid. On the brighter side, the government is addressing these issues with
assistance from bilateral and multilateral donors.
purchasing power parity - $18.7 billion (2001 est.)
5.3% (2001 est.)
purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2001 est.)
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GDP -
composition by
sector:
Population
below poverty
line:
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income or
consumption by
percentage
share:
Distribution of
family income -
Gini index:
Inflation rate
(consumer
prices):
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occupation:
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rate:
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production
growth rate:
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production:
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source:
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consumption:
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exports:
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imports:
Agriculture -
products:
Exports:
Exports -
commodities:
agriculture: 50%
industry: 15%
services: 35% (2000 est.)
36% (1997 est.)
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1997)
40.4 (1997)
1.6% (2000 est.)
6 million (1998 est.)
agriculture 80% (2001 est.)
2.8% (1999 est.)
revenues: $363 million
expenditures: $532 million, including capital expenditures of $225
million (2000 est.)
tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products,
rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles
NA%
132 million kWh (2000)
fossil fuel: 62.12%
hydro: 37,88%
other: 0% (2000)
nuclear: 0%
122.76 million kWh (2000)
0 kWh (2000)
0 kWh (2000)
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables
$1.05 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
timber, garments, rubber, rice, fish
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Exports -
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partners:
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system:
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stations:
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broadcast
stations:
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code:
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Providers (ISPs):
Internet users:
US 46.4%, Vietnam 26.1%, Germany 5.6%, Singapore 5.0%, UK 3.9%
(2000)
$1.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery,
motor vehicles
Singapore 22.5%, Thailand 19.8%, Hong Kong 15.6%, China 4.9%,
Vietnam 4.9% (2000)
$829 million (1999 est.)
$548 million pledged in grants and concessional loans for 2001 by
international donors
riel (KHR)
ICHR
riels per US dollar - 3,895.0 (January 2002), 3,918.5 (2001), 3,840.8
(2000), 3,807.8 (1999), 3,744.4 (1998), 2,946.3 (1997)
calendar year
21,800 (mid-1998)
80,000 (2000)
general assessment: adequate landline and/or cellular service in Phnom
Penh and other provincial cities; rural areas have little telephone service
domestic: NA
international: adequate but expensive landline and cellular service
available to all countries from Phnom Penh and major provincial cities;
satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
AM 7, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1999)
1.34 million (1997)
5 (1999)
94,000 (1997)
,kh
2 (2000)
6,000 (2001)
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Railways:
Highways:
Waterways:
Ports and
harbors:
Merchant
marine:
Airports:
Airports - with
paved runways:
Airports - with
unpaved
runways:
Heliports:
total: 603 km
narrow gauge: 603 km 1.000-m gauge (2001 est.)
total: 35,769 km
paved: 4,165 km
unpaved: 31,604 km (1997)
3,700 km
note: navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable
to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m
Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong Kaoh Kong, Phnom
Penh
total: 404 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,889,404 GRT/2,740,232
DWT
ships by type: bulk 37, cargo 312, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 5,
container 7, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 2, multi-functional
large-load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 15, refrigerated
cargo 10, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea passenger 2
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Aruba 1, Belize 8, British Virgin Islands 1, Bulgaria 3,
China 21, Cyprus 15, Denmark 1, Egypt 7, Estonia 1, Georgia 1,
Germany 1, Greece 12, Honduras 5, Hong Kong 12, Iceland 1, Indonesia
2, Iran 1, Ireland 1, Italy 1, Japan 5, Jordan 1, Latvia 2, Lebanon 5,
Liberia 5, Lithuania 1, Malta 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 2, Panama 7,
Romania 4, Russia 67, Saint Kitts and Nevis 10, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 4, Singapore 15, South Korea 24, Syria 13, Thailand 1,
Turkey 22, Ukraine 13, United Arab Emirates 2, United Kingdom 1,
United States 5, Vietnam 2, Virgin Islands (UK) 1 (2002 est.)
20 (2001)
total: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1(2001)
total: 15
under 914 m: 1(2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 13
2 (2001)
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Military
branches:
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manpower -
military age:
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manpower -
availability:
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manpower - fit
for military
service:
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manpower -
reaching military
age annually:
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dollar figure:
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expenditures -
percent of GDP:
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international:
Illicit drugs:
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF): Army, Navy, Air Force
18 years of age (2002 est.)
males age 15-49: 2,990,790 (2002 est.)
males age 15-49: 1,673,713 (2002 est.)
males: 162,643 (2002 est.)
$112 million (FY01 est.)
3% (FY0I est.)
demarcation of boundaries with Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam is
nearing completion; accuses Thailand of moving or destroying boundary
markers and encroachment, of not respecting its claims, and of sealing
off access to the Preah Vihear temple ruin awarded to Cambodia by the
ICJ in 1962; accuses Vietnam of territorial encroachments and initiating
armed border incidents in seven provinces, despite substantial
demarcation efforts to date; disputes several offshore islands with
Vietnam, which prevents delimitation of a maritime boundary
possible Money laundering; narcotics-related corruption reportedly
involving some in the government, military, and police; possible
small-scale opium, heroin, and amphetamine production; large producer
of cannabis for the international market
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Background: Following a five-year struggle, Communist Khmer Rouge forces
captured Phnom Penh in 1975 and ordered the evacuation of all cities and
towns; over 1 million displaced people died from execution or enforced
hardships. A 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the
countryside and touched off 13 years of fighting. UN-sponsored elections
in 1993 helped restore some semblance of normalcy, as did the rapid
diminishment of the Khmer Rouge in the mid-1990s. A coalition
government, formed after national elections in 1998, brought renewed
political stability and the surrender of remaining Khmer Rouge forces.
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Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand,
Vietnam, and Laos
Geographic 13 00 N, 105 00 E
coordinates:
Map references: Southeast Asia
Area: total: 181,040 sq km
land: 170,520 sq km
water: 4,520 sq km
Area - slightly smaller than Oklahoma
comparative:
Land total: 2,572 km
boundaries: borier countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km
Coastline:
Maritime claims:
Climate:
Terrain:
Elevation
extremes:
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resources:
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Natural hazards:
Environment -
current issues:
Environment -
international
' agreements:
Geography -
note:
443 km
contiguous zone: 24 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
continental shelf:. 200 NM
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season
(December to April); little seasonal temperature variation
mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower
potential
arable land: 21%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 78% (1998 est.)
2,700 sq km (1998 est.)
monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts
illegal logging activities throughout the country and strip mining for
gems in the western region along the border with Thailand have resulted
in habitat loss and declining biodiversity (in particular, destruction of
mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); soil erosion; in rural areas,
a majority, of the population does not have access to potable water; toxic
waste delivery from Taiwan sparked unrest in Kampong Saom
(Sihanoukville) in December 1998
party to: E3iodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer
Protection:, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping
a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle
Sap ,
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Age structure:
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growth rate:
Birth rate:
Death rate:
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rate:
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rate:
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at birth:
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rate:
HIV/AIDS - adult
prevalence rate:
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people living
with HIV/AIDS:
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deaths:
Nationality:
Ethnic groups:
Religions:
Languages:
Literacy:
12,775,324
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy,
higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth
rates, and;changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than
would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)
0-14 years: 40.7% (male 2,646,883; female 2,550,015)
15-64 years: 55.8% (male 3,373,692; female 3,758,736)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 182,149; female 263,849) (2002 est.)
2.24% (2002 est.)
32.93 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
10.5,1 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
total population: 57.1 years
female: 59.5 years (2002 est.)
male: 54.81 years
4.66 children born/woman (2002 est.)
4.04% (1999 est.)
220,000 (1999 est.)
14,000 (1999 est.)
noun: Cambodian(s)
adjective: Cambodian
Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%
Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Kluter (official) 95%, French, English
definitionr age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 35%
male: 48%
female: 22% (1990 est.)
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Administrative
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Independence:
National holiday:
Constitution:
Legal system:
Suffrage:
Executive
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Legislative
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Judicial branch:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Cambodia
conventional short form: Cambodia
local short form: Kampuchea
local long form: Preahreacheanachalcr Kampuchea
former: Khmer Republic, Kampuchea Republic
multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy established in
September 1993
Phnom Penh
20 provinces (khett, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities* (krong,
singular and plural); Banteay Mean Cheay, Batdambang, Kampong
Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot,
Kandal, Koch Kong, Keb*, Kracheh, Mondol Kin, Otdar Mean Cheay,
Pailin*, Phnurri Penh*, Pouthisat, Preah Seihanu* (Sihanoukville), Preah
Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanah Kin, Siem Reab, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng,
Takev
9 November 1953 (from France)
Independence Day, 9 November (1953)
promulgated 21 September 1993
primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United
Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal
decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and
remnants of communist legal theory; increasing influence of common
law in recent years
18 years of age; universal
chief of state: King Norodom SIHANOUK (reinstated 24 September
1993)
head of government: Prime Minister HUN SEN (since 30 November
1998) and Deputy Prime Ministers SAR KHENG (since NA) and TOL
LAH (since NA)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch
elections: none; the monarch is chosen by a Royal Throne Council; prime
minister appointed by the monarch after a vote of confidence by the
National Assembly
bicameral consists of the National Assembly (122 seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Senate (61 seats; two
members appointed by the monarch, two elected by the National
Assembly, and 57 elected by "functional constituencies"; members serve
five-year terms)
elections: National Assembly - last held 26 July 1998 (next to be held
NA July 2003); Senate - last held 2 March 1999 (next to be held NA
2004)
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CPP
41%, FUNCINPEC 32%, SRP 14%, other 13%; seats by party - CPP 64,
FUNCINPEC 43, SRP 15; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats
by party - CPP 31, FUNCINPEC 21, SRP 7, other 2
Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in the constitution and
formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lower courts) exercises
judicial authority
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Political parties
and leaders:
Political
pressure groups
and leaders:
International
organization
participation:
Diplomatic
representation in
the US:
Diplomatic
representation
from the US:
Flag description:
Economy -
overview:
GDP:
GDP real
growth rate:
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2001 est.)
Buddhist Liberal Party or BLP [IENG MOULY]; Cambodian
Pracheachon Party or Cambodian People's Party or CPP [CHEA SIM];
Khmer Citizen Party or KCP [NGUON SOEUR]; National United Front
for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia or
FUNCINPEC [Prince NORODOM RANARIDDH]; Sam Rangsi Party or
SRP (formerly Khmer Nation Party or KNP) [SAM RANGSI]
NA
ACCT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, i0C, TOM (observer), ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM, OPCW
(signatory), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WT00, WTrO (observer)
chief of m,ission: Ambassador ROLAND ENG
FAX: [1] [phone]
telephone: [1] [phone]
chancery: 4500 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
chief of mission: Ambassador Kent M. WIEDEMANN
embassy: ,16-18 Mongkol lem St. 228, Phnom Penh
mailing address: Box P, APO AP 96546
telephone: [855] (23) 216-436
FAX: [855] (23) 216-437
three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (double width), and blue with a
white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat outlined in black in
the center of the red band
Cambodia's economy slowed dramatically in 1997-98 due to the regional
economic crisis, civil violence, and political infighting. Foreign
investment and tourism fell off. In 1999, the first full year of peace in 30
years, progress was made on economic reforms and growth resumed at
5%. GDP growth for 2000 had been projected to reach 5.5%, but the
worst flooding in 70 years severely damaged agricultural crops, and high
oil prices hurt industrial production, and growth for the year is estimated
at only 4%. In 2001, severe floods damaged an estimated 15% of the area
devoted to rice. Tourism now is Cambodia's fastest growing industry,
with arrivals up 34% in 2000 and up another 40% in 2001 before the
September 11 terrorist attacks in the US. The long-term development of
the economy after decades of war remains a daunting challenge. The
population lacks education and productive skills, particularly in the
poverty-ridden countryside, which suffers from an almost total lack of
basic infrastructure. Fear of renewed political instability and corruption
within the government discourage foreign investment and delay foreign
aid. On the brighter side, the government is addressing these issues with
assistance from bilateral and multilateral donors.
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purChasing power parity - $18.7 billion (2001 est.)
5.3% (2001 est.)
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GOP -
composition by
sector:
Population
below poverty
line:
Household
income or
consumption by
percentage
share:
Distribution of
family income -
Gini index:
Inflation rate
(consumer
prices):
Labor force:
Labor force - by
occupation:
Unemployment
rate:
Budget:
Industries:
Industrial
production
growth rate:
Electricity -
production:
Electricity -
production by
source:
Electricity -
consumption:
Electricity -
exports:
Electricity -
imports:
Agriculture -
products:
Exports:
Exports -
commodities:
agriculture: 50%
industty: 15%
services: 35% (2000 est.)
36% (1997 est.)
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1997)
40.4 (1997)
1.6% (2000 est.)
6 million (1998 est.)
agriculture 80% (2001 est.)
2.8% (1999 est.)
revenues: $363 million
expenditures: $532 million, including capital expenditures of $225
million (2000 est.)
tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products,
rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles
NA%
132 million kWh (2000)
fossil fuel...62.12%
hydro: 37.88%
other: o04 (2000)
nuclear: 0%
122.76 million kWh (2000)
0 kWh (2000)
0 kWh (2000)
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables
$1.05 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
timber, garments, rubber, rice, fish
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Exports -
partners:
Imports:
Imports -
commodities:
Imports -
partners:
Debt - external:
Economic aid -
recipient:
Currency:
Currency code:
Exchange rates:
Fiscal year:
Telephones -
main lines in
use:
Telephones -
mobile cellular:
Telephone
system:
Radio broadcast
stations:
Radios:
Television
broadcast
stations:
Televisions:
Internet country
code:
Internet Service
Providers (ISPs):
Internet users:
US 46.4%, Vietnam 26.1%, Germany 5.6%, Singapore 5.0%, UK 3.9%
(2000)
$1.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery,
motor vehicles
Singapore 22.5%, Thailand 19.8%, Hong Kong 15.6%, China 4.9%,
Vietnam 4.9% (2000)
$829 million (1999 est.)
$548 million pledged in grants and concessional loans for 2001 by
international donors
riel 4UIR)
KHR
riels per US dollar -3,895.0 (January 2002), 3,918.5 (2001), 3,840.8
(2000), 3,807.8 (1999), 3,744.4 (1998), 2,946.3 (1997)
calendar year
21,800 (Mid-1998)
80,000 (2000)
general assessment: adequate landline and/or cellular service in Phnom
Penh and other provincial cities; rural areas have little telephone service
domestic: NA
international: adequate but expensive landline and cellular service
available to all countries from Phnom Penh and major provincial cities;
satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
AM 7, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1999)
1.34 million (1997)
5(1999)
94,000 (1997)
.kh
2 (2000)
6,000 (2001)
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Railways:
Highways:
Waterways:
Ports and
harbors:
Merchant
marine:
Airports:
Airports - with
paved runways:
Airports - with
unpaved
runways:
Heliports:
total: 603 km
narrow gauge: 603 km 1.000-m gauge (2001 est.)
total: 35,769 km
paved: 4,165 km
unpaved: 31,604 km (1997)
3,700 km
note: navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable
to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m
Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong Kaoh Kong, Phnom
Penh
total: 404 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,889,404 GRT/2,740,232
DWT
ship by type: bulk 37, cargo 312, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 5,
container 17, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 2, multi-functional
large-load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 15, refrigerated
cargo 10, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea passenger 2
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Aruba 1, Belize 8, British Virgin Islands 1, Bulgaria 3,
China 21, Cyprus 15, Denmark 1, Egypt 7, Estonia 1, Georgia 1,
Germany 1, Greece 12, Honduras 5, Hong Kong 12, Iceland 1, Indonesia
2, Iran 1, Ireland 1, Italy 1, Japan 5, Jordan 1, Latvia 2, Lebanon 5,
Liberia 5, Lithuania 1, Malta 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 2, Panama 7,
Romania 4, Russia 67, Saint Kitts and Nevis 10, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 4, Singapore 15, South Korea 24, Syria 13, Thailand 1,
Turkey 22, Ukraine 13, United Arab Emirates 2, United Kingdom 1,
United States 5, Vietnam 2, Virgin Islands (UK) 1 (2002 est.)
20 (2001)
total: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m. 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 in: 1 (2001)
total: 15
under 914 m: 1(2001)
1,524 to 21437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 13
2(2001)
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Military
branches:
Military
manpower -
military age:
Military
manpower -
availability:
Military
manpower - fit
for military
service:
Military
manpower -
reaching military
age annually:
Military
expenditures -
dollar figure:
Military
expenditures -
percent of GDP:
Disputes -
international:
Illicit drugs:
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Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF): Army, Navy, Air Force
I
18 years Of age (2002 est.)
males age'i 15-49: 2,990,790 (2002 est.)
males age i 15-49: 1,673,713 (2002 est.)
maM's : 162,643 (2002 est.)
$112 million (FY01 est.)
3% (FY01, est.)
demarcation of boundaries with Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam is
nearing completion; accuses Thailand of moving or destroying boundary
markers aiid encroachment, of not respecting its claims, and of sealing
off access to the Preah Vihear temple ruin awarded to Cambodia by the
ICJ in l92;; accuses Vietnam of territorial encroachments and initiating
armid border incidents in seven provinces, despite substantial
demarcatiOn efforts to date; disputes several offshore islands with
Vietbam, ivhich prevents delimitation of a maritime boundary
possible Money laundering; narcotics-related corruption reportedly
involving Some in the government, military, and police; possible
small-scale opium, heroin, and amphetamine production; large producer
of cannab0 for the international market
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