Cambodia

Map of Cambodia

Country name	Kingdom of Cambodia
Capital	Phnom Penh
Independence	9 November 1953 (from France)
National holiday	Independence Day, 9 November (1953)
Population	14,952,665 (July 2012 est.)
Sex ratio	1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Nationality	Cambodian
Religions	Buddhist (official) 96.4%, Muslim 2.1%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (1998 census)
Languages	Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
Literacy	age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77.6% male: 85.1% female: 70.9% (2008 census)
Location	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Geographic coordinates	13 00 N, 105 00 E
Map references	Southeast Asia
Area	total: 181,035 sq km land: 176,515 sq km water: 4,520 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly smaller than Oklahoma
Land boundaries	total: 2,572 km border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km
Coastline	443 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm
Climate	tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain	mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
Natural resources	oil and gas, timber, gemstones, iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
Exports - commodities	clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
Imports - commodities	petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products
Land use	arable land: 20.44% permanent crops: 0.59% other: 78.97% (2005)
Irrigated land	2,850 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	476.1 cu km (1999)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 4.08 cu km/yr (1%/0%/98%) per capita: 290 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts
Environment - current issues	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, most of the population does not have access to potable water; declining fish stocks because of illegal fishing and overfishing
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Geography - note	a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap