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    Introduction


    Following a five-year struggle, Communist Khmer Rouge forces captured Phnom Penh in April 1975 and ordered the evacuation of all cities and towns; over 1.5 million displaced people died from execution, enforced hardships, or starvation. A 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the countryside and touched off almost 13 years of civil war. The 1991 Paris Peace Accords mandated democratic elections and a ceasefire, which was not fully respected by the Khmer Rouge. UN-sponsored elections in 1993 helped restore some semblance of normalcy and the final elements of the Khmer Rouge surrendered in early 1999. Factional fighting in 1997 ended the first coalition government, but a second round of national elections in 1998 led to the formation of another coalition government and renewed political stability. The July 2003 elections were relatively peaceful, but negotiations among contending political parties have yet to yield a new coalition government.


    Location


    Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos


    Geographic coordinates


    13 00 N, 105 00 E


    Area


    total: 181,040 sq km land: 176,520 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 continental shelf: 200 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 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, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential


    Land use


    arable land: 20.96% permanent crops: 0.61% other: 78.43% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    2,700 sq km (1998 est.)


    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 signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea


    Geography - note


    a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap


    Population


    13,363,421 note: estimates for this country 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 growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Phnom Penh


    Phone Code


    +855


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