Cambodia is one of the countries in Southeast Asia. More
than a thousand years ago, Cambodia was the center of the
Khmer (Cambodian) kingdom of Angkor, a great empire that dominated Southeast Asia
for 600 years. A monarchy since ancient times, Cambodia
was a French protectorate from 1863 to 1953. A republic
replaced the monarchy in 1970, and in 1975 a Communist
regime known as the Khmer Rouge took power, naming the
country Democratic Kampuchea. The Khmer Rouge's brutal
repression and radical socialist reforms led by Pol Pot
devastated Cambodia's society and economy. In 1979
anti-Khmer Rouge Communist forces from Vietnam and
Cambodia overthrew the Khmer Rouge and established a more
moderate socialist state. In 1989 the country abandoned
socialism, and in 1993 a new constitution restored the
monarchy. Cambodia's official name is the Kingdom of
Cambodia whose border in the west, in the north, and in the east is with Thailand, Laos,and Vietnamrespectively. The country's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh,” according to "Cambodia,"Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001(http://encarta.msn.com/)
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