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| Kingdom of Cambodia ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា | |
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| Capital and largest city | Phnom Penh |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Norodom Sihamoni |
• Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
| Area | |
• Total | 181,035 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 16,713,015 |
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia.
History
In 1969 and 1970, Kissinger and Nixon secretly bombed Cambodia and then overthrew Prince Sihanouk, who had refused to be a U.S. puppet. The bombing destroyed Cambodia's traditional economy and allowed Pol Pot to take power five years later.[1]
References
- ↑ William Blum (2002). Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower: 'A Concise History of United States Global Interventions, 1945 to the Present' (p. 116). [PDF] Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 9781842772201 [LG]