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Topic: Provinces of Cambodia


  
  Cambodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cambodia is the successor state of the mighty Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the 11th and 14th centuries.
Cambodia was a protectorate of France from 1863 until the country received independence in 1953.
Cambodia has an area of about 181,040 square kilometers, sharing an 800-kilometer border with Thailand on the north and west, a 541-kilometer border with Laos on the northeast, and a 1,228-kilometer border with Vietnam on the east and southeast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cambodia   (4392 words)

  
 Cambodia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cambodia is bordered by Laos on the north, by Vietnam on the east, by the Gulf of Thailand on the south, and by Thailand on the west and north.
Cambodia is one of the world’s poorest nations, its economy and its political life still suffering from the civil war that racked the country during the latter part of the 20th cent.
Under the constitution promulgated in 1993 and subsequently amended, Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy headed by a king; the king is chosen by the Royal Council of the Throne from the members of the royal family.
www.bartleby.com /65/ca/Cambodia.html   (2480 words)

  
 Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Kingdom of Cambodia (Khmer ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រ កម្ពុជា) is a country in Southeast Asia.
After centuries of territorial and population losses to neighboring Siam and Vietnam, Cambodia was made French protectorate in 1863, and became part of French Indochina.
Cambodia is ethnically homogeneous, as more than 90 percent of its population is of Khmer origin and speaks the Khmer language, the country's official language.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/c/ca/cambodia.html   (917 words)

  
 TravellingCambodia.com - Cambodia Travel Guide and Forum
From the 9th century to the 15th century Cambodia was the centre of the Khmer Empire, which for most of this period was based at Angkor.
Cambodia was a protectorate of France from 1863 until independence in 1953.
Cambodia's chief colonial official was the Résident Supérieur (Resident General), while residents, or local governors, were posted in all the principal provincial centers.
www.travelingcambodia.com   (2742 words)

  
 Cambodia (10/05)
Although Cambodia had a rich and powerful past under the Hindu state of Funan and the Kingdom of Angkor, by the mid-19th century the country was on the verge of dissolution.
Cambodia's embassy in the United States is located at 4530 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20011; tel: (202) 726-7742; fax: (202) 726-8381.
This aid was used primarily to repair damage caused by Cambodia’s war of independence from France, to support internal security forces, and for the construction of an all-weather road to the seaport of Sihanoukville, which gave Cambodia its first direct access to the sea and access to the southwestern hinterlands.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2732.htm   (5230 words)

  
 Cambodia
Main article: Economy of Cambodia Cambodia's economy slowed dramatically in 1997-1998 due to the regional economic crisis, civil violence, and political infighting.
Main article: Demographics of Cambodia Cambodia is ethnically homogeneous, as more than 90 percent of its population is Khmer.
Cambodia's Economic Development and History - A contribution to the study of Cambodia's economy.
www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Cambodia.html   (1158 words)

  
 Provinces of Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Boem's Cambodia Trip In the beginning of '96 I stayed in Cambodia for a month.
Holiday in Cambodia Critical examination of the resurgent tourism industry in Cambodia by Rod Eime.
Cambodia Log 2003 An extensive documentation of a three-month trip throughout Cambodia with numerous articles on many destinations and hundreds of pictures.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Provinces_of_Cambodia.html   (326 words)

  
 Cambodia information website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The kingdom of Cambodia (Local Formal Name: Preah Reacheanachak Kampuchea) is situated in the Mekong sub-region, bordered by Thailand to the west and north, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east and south-east of the Gulf of Thailand to the south-west.
Cambodia economy is dominated by the agricultural sector, which contributes 41% of GDP (gross domestic product) and employs three-quarters of the labor force.
Cambodia has two main seasons: the dry season, from November to May and the rainy season, the Monsoon, from June to October.
www.khmer.ws /cambodia   (292 words)

  
 Cambodia, Landmine Monitor Report 2003
Cambodia participates in the Bangkok Regional Action Group (BRAG), which was formed by States Parties from the Asia-Pacific region in September 2002 with the aim of promoting landmine ban initiatives in the region in the lead up to the Fifth Meeting of States Parties in Bangkok in September 2003.
Cambodia participated in the Fourth Annual Conference of States Parties to Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) in December 2002 and submitted its annual Article 13 report on 12 July 2002.
Cambodia is one of the most severely landmine and UXO affected countries in the world due to almost three decades of conflict.
www.icbl.org /lm/2003/cambodia.html   (7685 words)

  
 Preah Seihanu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Preah Seihanu (English: Sihanoukville), formerly known as Kampong Som, is a port city in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand.
The city is an important deep water port for Cambodia and is also becoming a tourist location.
For administrative purposes, Sihanoukville is a municipality, at the same level as a province of Cambodia.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Preah_Seihanu   (128 words)

  
 CAMBODIA, Landmine Monitor Report 2001
Cambodia's initial transparency report required by Article 7 of the Mine Ban Treaty was submitted to the UN on 28 June 2000.
Cambodia is a State Party to Amended Protocol II (Landmines) of the Convention on Conventional Weapons.
Although Cambodia has declared since 1999 that it has destroyed all of its stockpiled antipersonnel mines, that is not the case.
www.icbl.org /lm/2001/cambodia   (7444 words)

  
 News Archive - Cambodia
World Vision Cambodia's ADPs have used some of their funds to assist communities mitigate the effects of the drought through reconstruction of water dikes and canals and distribution of short maturing rice for rice banks.
Cambodia's child sex industry thrives amid the poverty that grips the country, the preference of many local and foreign men for underage girls, and the failure of the country's law enforcement system to deal effectively with the problem.
CAMBODIA- Government officials, human rights workers and representatives of humanitarian organizations are gathering in Yokohama, Japan this week to give an early Christmas gift to the world's sexually abused children: freedom.
www.wvi.org /wvi/archives/asia/cambodia.htm   (6139 words)

  
 Cambodia - free-definition
Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy - the role of the King is not to rule but to reign.
Cambodia is a member of the United Nations and ASEAN.
On October 14 the throne council appointed Prince Norodom Sihamoni, another of Sihanouk's 14 children, to be the new King.
www.netlexikon.akademie.de /KH.html   (1027 words)

  
 The Death Toll in Cambodia: Quantifying Crimes Against Humanity (Craig Etcheson)
Thus the report covers all corners of Cambodia, from the densely populated south to the jungle-clad north, from the remote reaches of the east to the far western rice bowl, and provinces in Cambodia's heartland around the Great Lake.
Because anecdotal evidence leads to the suspicion that northwestern provinces such as Battambang and Banteay Meanchey had very high rates of execution during the Khmer Rouge regime, it is expected that the estimated number of victims in the mass graves will rise significantly when the mapping surveys are finally completed.
An average of one hundred and fifty mass graves are associated with each prison, though again, this provincial averages range widely, from a low of one mass grave per prison in Ratanakiri[10] and eight in Kratie, to a high of 524 mass graves per prison in Kampong Chhnang.
www.mekong.net /cambodia/toll.htm   (9189 words)

  
 Cambodia Corps, Inc. (CCi)
The southwestern and northeastern frontier provinces however are highlands and the irrigation challenges are formidable.
The reason for the lack of NGO presence in the frontier provinces is due to the absence of infrastructure, isolation, and I suppose perceptions of danger.
Cholera outbreaks throughout rural Cambodia are fairly common as people cook and eat in multi-family groups and sanitation is poor since only 8% of dwellings have a toilet on a septic tank or ground latrine.
home.earthlink.net /~kouprey/Situation/Assessment/CCi-Assessment.html   (3021 words)

  
 Grant to Promote Innovative System for Improving Access to Primary Education in Cambodia - ADB.org
Almost half of the primary schools in Cambodia offer only Grades 1 to 4, and there is a high dropout rate among girls as parents are not as willing to allow them to go to school, the nearest of which could be 10 kilometers away.
All incomplete schools in the provinces of Koh Kong, Kratie, Mondulkiri, Preah Vihear, Ratanakiri, and Stung Treng, and 150 disadvantaged communes are eligible to apply for the grants, which range from $1,000 to $3,500, depending on the nature of the proposed activities.
The project will extend and consolidate previous ADB assistance in Cambodia's education sector, including the Education Sector Development Program, the JFPR scholarship program for poor girls and ethnic minority children at lower secondary level, and the recently completed technical assistance for performance management in the education sector.
www.adb.org /Documents/News/2005/nr2005019.asp   (544 words)

  
 IRI : Around The Globe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Following Cambodia's commune elections in 2003, the Cambodia People's Party (CPP) government remained in power at the local level Throughout the rest of 2003 and much of 2004, negotiations dragged on between the political parties.
IRI has been conducting political party training in Cambodia since 1992, at which time all registered political parties were trained in party organization and campaign management in anticipation of U.N.-sponsored elections in May 1993.
YCC was organized in 2002 and is based in Phnom Penh, but employs regional trainers based in nine of the twenty-four provinces of Cambodia.
www.iri.org /countries.asp?id=8392062734   (1013 words)

  
 Community Action for Preventing HIV/AIDS - Cambodia Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cambodia's HIV epidemic is driven largely by male use of brothel-based commercial sex.
Cambodia has a population of 11 million, composed mostly of ethnic Khmer, who are involved in complex relationships with large populations of Thai and Vietnamese on either side of their country.
In Cambodia the project is implemented by the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STI (NCHADS) of the Ministry of Health, as an integral part of the Ministry’s Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention and Care 2001-2005
www.jfpr-hiv.org /CambodiaProgram.htm   (430 words)

  
 Cambodia on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Political Development and the Re-emergence of Civil Society in Cambodia.
Cambodia's political campaigns: A fresh new start towards democracy
15/09/2002: Smuggling Vietnamese petrol into Cambodia through the inner delta of the Mekong during the rainy season's floods.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Cambodia.asp   (679 words)

  
 Tales of Asia - Cambodia
The latest interview is with Richard Boulter, Programme Manager in Cambodia for the HALO Trust, who discusses land mine clearance in Cambodia, the problems facing the local population, the realities of the situation in respect to tourism, and more.
A photo essay documenting the aftermath of the destruction from one large and suspicious slum fire that occurred in Phnom Penh on the afternoon of November 26, 2001.
A shy remote province remains reticent to the visitor.
www.talesofasia.com /cambodia.htm   (1594 words)

  
 Cambodia
Two municipalities in each of the three provinces were surveyed by provincial teams trained in participatory approaches and a sustainable livelihoods framework.
STREAM Cambodia and SCALE (2002) A Sustainable Livelihoods Study of Fishers and Farmers in Kaoh Chbar Village, Kaoh Khnhaer Commune, Sambour District, Kratie Province.
STREAM Cambodia and SCALE (2002) A Sustainable Livelihoods Study of Fishers and Farmers in Saob Leu Village, Saob Commune, Preaek Prasab District, Kratie Province.
www.streaminitiative.org /Library/Cambodia/cambodia.html   (928 words)

  
 Cambodia travel and tourism information, hotels and tours in Cambodia
Cambodia, bordered by Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, has a fabulous heritage, warm friendly people and an untamed wild landscape.
The legacy of Cambodia's artistic past can still be seen in the handicrafts and silverware found in the bustling markets of Phnom Penh.
Wild and untamed....Mondulkiri, Rattanakiri - remote provinces in Cambodia's north-east.
www.visit-mekong.com /cambodia   (275 words)

  
 ADRA Cambodia Home Page
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency's involvement in Cambodia started in the 60’s, known then as SAWS (Seventh-day Adventist World Service).
ADRA has been actively working in Cambodia since 1988.
To do this work ADRA has over 130 nationals and 8 expatriate/volunteers working in 5 provinces around Cambodia.
www.adracambodia.org   (61 words)

  
 Agricultural Development Options Review in Cambodia - Land Cover Mapping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Improved knowledge of the natural resources and of past and present trends, the rate of change and elimination of contradictory information are crucial for gearing policy and strategy consideration to the resources base potential and for subsequent identification of strategies for agricultural projects and programmes.
Recent Cambodia land cover mapping using satellite imagery has aimed at providing data on natural resources for national and regional macro planning purposes.
A series of products which provide both an "up-to-date" assessment of the land cover in Cambodia, as well as a historical perspective on the nature of land utilization.
www.grida.no /cgiar/awpack/agricult.htm   (257 words)

  
 Cambodia
Atlas: Cambodia - Facts on Cambodia: flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia National Name: Preahreacheanacha Kampuchea King: Norodom Sihamoni (2004) Prime...
The Khmer Rouge - Beyond Pol Pot and Ta Mok by Borgna Brunner In the two decades since the regime was toppled, not a...
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0809992.html   (216 words)

  
 Tales of Asia - Cambodia Provinces Guide
Lonely Planet and Rough Guide have arguably the two best guides on the market.
I quite like Adventure Cambodia as well, but it's starting to get a bit dated but an update is in the works.
What I aim to do here is not so much give you duplicating dry write-ups of all the Cambodia attractions, but rather tell you what I think of them and add any further tips that might ease your way as you explore the country.
www.talesofasia.com /cambodia-provinces.htm   (124 words)

  
 CAMBODIAN CORRUPTION ASSESSMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rong Chhun, President of the Cambodian Independent Teacher's Association is being escorted by police from Poipet commune, Banteay Meanchey province to the Phnom Penh Court.
He was charged with defamation and an order was given for his temporarily detention at Prey Sar prison on the same day of his arrest on October 15, 2005.
Using such border issue as a pretext, Prime Minister Hun Sen started to clamp down on his political opponents as well as democratic movement leaders, human rights officials and journalist.
www.cambodiapolitics.org   (202 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Professional Resources » Vacancies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Due to global climate changes, Cambodia has been hit by the El Nino phenomena and drought has occurred in the southern and central provinces of Cambodia.
In February 2005, Oxfam and partners working in Svay Rieng, Prey Veng, and Kompong Speu Provinces conducted a food security assessment at the household level in response to concerns over impact of the 2004 drought.
Approximately 4,000 vulnerable families are to be selected in Takeo, Svay Rieng, Kompong Speu and Prey Veng Provinces.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6BWMEQ?OpenDocument   (748 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts') and 1 municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna, Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk
20 provinces (khaitt, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities (krong, singular and plural)
23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural)
www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2051.html   (5912 words)

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