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  TravellingCambodia.com - Cambodia Travel Guide and Forum
Cambodia's chief colonial official was the Résident Supérieur (Resident General), while residents, or local governors, were posted in all the principal provincial centers.
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.
Cambodia is ethnically homogeneous, as more than 90% of its population is of Khmer origin and speaks the Khmer language, the country's official language.
www.travelingcambodia.com   (2742 words)

  
 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 underwent turbulent events from the 1970s until the early 1990s, when elections, administered by the United Nations, were held.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cambodia   (4405 words)

  
 Transportation in Cambodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
War and continuing fighting severely damaged Cambodia's transportation system—a system that had been inadequately developed in peacetime.
Cambodia had two rail lines, both originating in Phnom Penh, totaling about 612 kilometers of single, one-meter-gauge track.
Of the current total, only about 20 percent of the roads and highways were covered with asphalt and were in passable condition; about 50 percent of the roads were made of crushed stone, gravel, or improved earth; and the remaining approximately 30 percent were unimproved earth or were little more than tracks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transportation_in_Cambodia   (875 words)

  
 Cambodia - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cambodia has one of the highest birth rates in the world and is ranked sixty-fifth in population and eighy-seventh in Area.
Cambodia was a protectorate of France until the independence in 1953.
Cambodia's former King, Norodom Sihanouk was an important person in Cambodia politics, he also holds the record for the most amount of different political positions.
open-encyclopedia.com /Cambodia   (2194 words)

  
 Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cambodia is about 181,040 square kilometers, sharing a 800-kilometer border with Thailand on north and west, a 541-kilometer border with Laos on northeast, and a 1,228- kilometer border with Vietnam on east and southeast.
Cambodia's economy slowed dramatically in 1997-1998 due to the regional economic crisis, civil violence, and political infighting.
Cambodia is ethnically homogeneous, as more than 90 percent of its population is Khmer.
www.wikiverse.org /cambodia   (934 words)

  
 Transportation (from Cambodia) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Covering a land area of 70,238 square miles (181,916 square kilometres), it is bordered on the west and northwest by Thailand, on the northeast by Laos, on the east and southeast by Vietnam, and on the southwest by the Gulf of Thailand.
Modern Cambodia is a remnant of the powerful Khmer Empire, which at its height from the 11th to the 13th century ruled much of what is now Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
Transportation movements, combined into various systems and networks, are by way of land, water, and air and by such...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-52464?tocId=52464   (777 words)

  
 noticias - Global Lenders Mull Cambodia's Economic Future Post-Garment Quotas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cambodia's garment sector grew from practically nothing in 1994 to about $1.9 billion in export earnings last year, largely boosted by quotas.
But Cambodia must not rely solely on its garment sector, especially as China is set to capture as much as 50 percent of the global market share, said Magdi Amin, senior private sector development specialist for the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific region.
A three-year moratorium on log transportation in Cambodia was lifted in December by the international donor community at the persuasion of the bank, London-based Global Witness said.
www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=47970&src=0   (820 words)

  
 Transportation in Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
War and continuing fighting severely damaged Cambodia 's transportation system—a system that had been developed in peacetime.
In 1981 Cambodia opened a repaired section of National Route 1 which southeast from Phnom Penh to the Vietnamese The road which suffered damage during the years was restored most probably by Vietnamese engineers.
In the late 1980s Cambodia's road was both underutilized and unable to meet the modest demands placed upon it by unindustrialized and agrarian society (see fig.
www.freeglossary.com /Transportation_in_Cambodia   (1132 words)

  
 Transportation in Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
War and continuing fighting severely damaged Cambodia 's transportationsystem—a system that had been inadequately developed in peacetime.
According to the Ministry of Communications, Transport, and Posts, Cambodia's main ferry services crossing the Basak River andthe middle Mekong River at Neak Luong (Phumi Prek Khsay), Tonle Bet, Sre Ambel, Kampong Cham, and Stoeng Treng were restored in1985.
Phnom Penh, located at the junction of the Basak,the Mekong, and the Tonle Sab rivers, is the only river port capable ofreceiving 8,000-ton ships during the wet season and 5,000-ton ships during the dry season.
www.therfcc.org /transportation-in-cambodia-38834.html   (815 words)

  
 Tales of Asia - FAQ - Transportation
Cambodia visas are issued on arrival at all entry points except at the crossing with Laos.
Cambodia's roads are dangerous and of all the possible dangers that exist in Cambodia, highway accidents are number one.
Cambodia is a member of ASEAN and one of the agreements designed to remove barriers to international overland travel calls for any vehicle registered in any ASEAN country to be permitted open access to any other ASEAN country.
www.talesofasia.com /cambodia-faq-transportation.htm   (7073 words)

  
 Bayon Pearnik - Cambodia - Transportation Around Cambodia
There are plenty of travel agents in Cambodia who can book you a ticket for the same or next day (remember, this is Asia where things are done at the last minute).
The bus service in Cambodia is cheap with a number of companies operating along a few routes (the roads are gradually improving but they can still be bad at times).
The boat is a popular means of transport on the Mekong and do go as far as Stung Treng, although the most popular ones operate on the Tonlé Sap between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap $20 -23 a rip-off compared to the bus.
www.bayonpearnik.com /Cambodia/TransportationAroundCambodia.html   (721 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Transportation in Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Rail service ceased during the war, but resumed in the early 1980s.
Kampong Saom, Cambodia's only seaport, reopened in late 1979.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Transportation-in-Cambodia   (828 words)

  
 Transportation System in Cambodia
In 1997, only 8% of the roads in Cambodia were paved out of 35,769 km of roadway.
In spite of this, most roadways in Cambodia are not passable for passenger cars.
Transportation by bus around Cambodia has been forbidden, but travel is possible by other methods, such as air travel and by train.
www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/cambodia/pro-transportation.htm   (239 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Travel | Netjetters | Andrew: Cambodia
Tourism in Cambodia is mostly centred around Angkor, site of the greatest collection of temples in South East Asia.
I spent two days there this week, and seeing the remains of this great civilization at a time when Cambodia no longer has a skilled workforce or intelligentsia is very sobering, and I just couldn't shake off the chill of those hideous brick cells at Tuol Sleng.
But once in Cambodia, I realised that this eager-to-please, charming but messed up country is in no fit state to be running ferries to Malaysia.
travel.guardian.co.uk /netjetters/andrew/story/0,10990,644907,00.html   (977 words)

  
 Country Operational Strategy - Cambodia - ADB.org
Because Cambodia is at a very early stage of development and because the primary goal is to support poverty reduction, ADB's interventions will emphasize support for domestic small and medium-size enterprises in the rural areas, especially farming and other agricultural activities.
For water transportation, there is a need to dredge the canals and upgrade ports at Krong Prean Sihanouk, Phnom Penh, and other riverfront towns.
There is broad agreement between ADB and the Government that, to reduce poverty, the first priority in the transportation system in Cambodia is the reestablishment of the primary road network, followed by the secondary and rural road networks.
www.asiandevbank.org /Documents/COSSs/CAM/cam405.asp   (1575 words)

  
 River Transportation in Cambodia
The lake is linked to the Mekong at the south end of Sisowath Quay (the riverfront) in the capital, Phnom Penh, at the end of a 100km-long channel between the lake and the confluence of the two massive water systems.
With Cambodia's population growing at 300,000 people per year, this could have a significant impact on Cambodia's ability to feed its people.
With a length of over 4,200km, the Mekong is the longest river in Southeast Asia and it has been estimated that over 50 million people depend on it for their livelihoods.
www.cambodianonline.net /homerivers.htm   (734 words)

  
 Cambodia Information
Cambodia is a small coastal country, roughly the size of Washington State.
Cambodia is home to many ethnic groups but the majority are known as Khmers (Kuh-meers) or Cambodians.
Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the world, struggling to recover from years of political instability.
www.venturesforchildren.org /Cambodia_info_detail.html   (763 words)

  
 Cambodia Travel Tips - with Wired Destinations
The Cambodia Visa is valid for 30 days from the date of issue, not from the date of entry.
The official currency in Cambodia is the Riel which come in denominations of 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 50000 and 100000 notes.
Although water travel is an important means of transportation in Cambodia, foreigners are currently prohibited from travel by boat, with the exception of a couple of ferry tours that run out of Phnom Penh.
www.wired-destinations.com /guide/Cambodia/travel/index.htm   (1146 words)

  
 Cambodia Fears Job Losses as Textile Agreement Expires
Inside one Cambodia's larger garment factories on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, thousands of workers are sewing colorful T-shirts for export to the United States.
The garment industry is important to Cambodia's economy, contributing one-third of Cambodia's gross national product in recent years and 90 percent of its export earnings.
In addition, he says, electricity, telephones and transportation in Cambodia are expensive, raising operating costs.
www.voanews.com /english/2004-11-08-voa9.cfm   (822 words)

  
 transportation in cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Railways: Cambodia had two rail lines, both originating in Phnom Penh, totaling about 612 kilometers of single, one-meter-gauge track.
The French built the first line, which runs from Phnom Penh to Paoy Pet on the Thai border, between 1930 and 1940.
Seaports and harbors: Cambodia has two major ports, Phnom Penh and Kampong Saom, and five minor ones.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Transportation_in_Cambodia.html   (835 words)

  
 JICA - Transportation - Cambodia
Although it is one of Cambodia's most important arterial roads, the route still includes a ferry crossing where it crosses the Mekong River at Neak Loueng, which remains a transportation bottleneck.
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of a project to build the Second Mekong Bridge in order to eliminate this bottleneck and to contribute to the improvement of Cambodia's transportation network from the perspectives of economic development and poverty reduction.
Recently, one of the factors taken into account in studies has been the need for consensus-building among local residents in the areas where projects are to be implemented.
www.jica.go.jp /english/global/tran/cambodia.html   (239 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cambodia's economy slowed dramatically in 1997 and 1998 due to the regional economic crisis, civil violence, and political infighting, and foreign investment and tourism decreased.
Clothing exports were fostered by a US-Cambodian Bilateral Textile Agreement signed in 1999 which gave Cambodia a guaranteed quota of US textile imports and established a bonus for improving working conditions and enforcing Cambodian labor laws and international labor standards in the industry.
Faced with the possibility that over the next five years Cambodia may lose orders and some of the 250,000 well-paid jobs the industry provides, Cambodia has committed itself to a policy of continued support for high labor standards in an attempt to maintain favor with buyers.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/cb.html   (1652 words)

  
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 Architecture of Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Eleanor Mannikka's grand idea is that the symbolism of Angkor Wat can be understood by interpreting the most significant measurements on the temple as references to Cambodian astronomical, calendrical, and religious concepts.
Although it is hardcover, but the pocket-size 4 X 6 inch book is very thin (about 80 pages).
It has just one page of Cambodia history introduction and the rest are series of photos.
www.freeglossary.com /Architecture_of_Cambodia   (513 words)

  
 Transportation in Cambodia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Transportation in Cambodia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Transportation in Cambodia contains research on
Transportation in Cambodia, Railways, Railway links with adjacent countries, Highways, Waterways, Seaports and harbors, Merchant marine, Airports, Airports - with paved runways, Airports - with unpaved runways and See also.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Transportation_in_Cambodia   (920 words)

  
 Transportation in Cambodia - Definition up Erdmond.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cambodia had two rail lines, both originating in Phnom_Penh, totaling about 612 kilometers of single, one-meter-gauge track.
The French built the first line, which runs from Phnom_Penh to Paoy_Pet on the Thai border, between 1930 and 1940.
Phnom Penh, located at the junction of the Basak, the Mekong, and the Tonle Sab rivers, is the only river_port capable of receiving 8,000-ton ships during the wet season and 5,000-ton ships during the dry season.
www.erdmond.com /Transportation_in_Cambodia.html   (766 words)

  
 Transportation Of Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Transportation In Cambodia Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 The World Factbook 2004 -- Cambodia
Cambodia expects 1 million foreign tourists in 2004.
Even given Cambodia's recent growth, the long-term development of the economy after decades of war remains a daunting challenge.
About 60% of the population is 20 years or younger; most of these citizens will seek to enter the workforce over the course of the next 10 years.
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