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Capital | Phnom Penh |
Government | Constitutional Monarchy under a Multiparty Democracy |
Currency | Riel (KHR) |
Area | 181,035 km2 |
Population | 14,494,293 (July 2009 est.) |
Language | Khmer (official), French, English |
Religion | Theravada Buddhist 96%, Christianity 2%, Muslim 2% |
Electricity | 230V/50 Hz; both British and European plugs are common |
Calling Code | 855 |
Internet TLD | .kh |
Time Zone | UTC +7 |
The Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា ឬ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា) (sometimes transliterated as Kampuchea to more closely represent the Khmer pronunciation) is a Southeast Asian nation bordered by Vietnam to the east, Laos to the north, Thailand to the northwest, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.