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Cambodia - Introduction 1993
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Background: Following a five-year struggle communist Khmer Rouge forces captured Phnom Penh in 1975 and ordered the evacuation of all cities and towns; over 1 million displaced people died from execution or enforced hardships. A 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the countryside and touched off 13 years of fighting. UN-sponsored elections in 1993 helped restore some semblance of normalcy.


Cambodia - Geography 1993
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Location: Southeast Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand and Vietnam

Geographic coordinates

Map referenceAsia, Southeast Asia, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area
Total: 181,040 km²
Land: 176,520 km²

Land boundaries: total 2,572 km, Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Coastline: 443 km
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Maritime claims

Climate: tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to October; dry season (December to March; little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain: mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north

Elevation

Natural resources: timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
Land use

Land use
Arable land: 16%
Permanent crops: 1%
Meadows and pastures: 3%
Forest and woodland: 76%
Other: 4%

Irrigated land: 920 km² (1989 est.)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Cambodia - People 1993
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Population: 9,898,900 (July 1993 est.)
Growth rate: 4.41% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Cambodian(s)
Adjective: Cambodian

Ethnic groups: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%

Languages: Khmer (official), French

Religions: Theravada Buddhism 95%, other 5%

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 4.41% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 45.52 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 16.57 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 15.15 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues:
a land of paddies and forests dominated by Mekong River and
Tonle Sap


Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 111.5 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 49.06 years
Male: 47.6 years
Female: 50.6 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.81 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Total population: 35%
Male: 48%
Female: 22%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Cambodia - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: none
Conventional short form: Cambodia

Government type: transitional government currently administered by the Supreme representatives from each of the country's four political factions

Capital: Phnom Penh

Administrative divisions:
20 provinces (khet, singular and plural);
Banteay Meanchey, Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe,
Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Kracheh, Mondol Kiri, Phnum Penh,
Pouthisat, Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanokiri, Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey,
Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev


Dependent areas

Independence: 9 November 1949 (from France)

National holiday

Constitution: a new constitution will be drafted after the national election in 1993

Legal system: NA
NGC: Independence Day, 17 April (1975)
SOC: Liberation Day, 7 January (1979)

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: a 12 member Supreme National Council (SNC), chaired by Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK, composed of representatives from each of the four political factions; faction names and delegation leaders are: State of Cambodia (SOC) - HUN SEN; Democratic Kampuchea (DK or Khmer Rouge) - KHIEU SAMPHAN; Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) - SON SANN; National United Front for an Independent, Peaceful, Neutral, and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) - Prince NORODOM RANARIDDH

Legislative branch: pending a national election in 1993, the incumbent SOC faction's unicameral National Assembly is the only functioning national legislative body

Judicial branch: Supreme People's Court pending a national election in 1993, the incumbent SOC faction's Supreme People's Court is the only functioning national judicial body

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
AsDB, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, ILO,
IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, LORCS, NAM, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO,
WMO, WTO


Diplomatic representation
In the us: the Supreme National Council (SNC) represents Cambodia in international organizations
From the us US representative: Charles TWINNING mission: 27 EO Street 240, Phnom Penh
From the us mailing address: Box P, APO AP 96,546
From the us telephone: (855) 23-26,436 or (855) 23-26,438
From the us fax: (855) 23-26,437

Flag descriptionflag of Cambodia: SNC - blue background with white map of Cambodia in middle; SOC - two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and blue with a gold stylized five-towered temple representing Angkor Wat in the center

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Cambodia - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: Cambodia remains a desperately poor country whose economic recovery is held hostage to continued political unrest and factional hostilities. The country's immediate economic challenge is an acute financial crisis that is undermining monetary stability and preventing disbursement of foreign development assistance. Cambodia is still recovering from an abrupt shift in 1990 to free-market economic mechanisms and a cutoff in aid from former Soviet bloc countries; these changes have severely impacted on public sector revenues and performance. The country's infrastructure of roads, bridges, and power plants has been severely degraded, now having only 40-50% of prewar capacity. The economy remains essentially rural, with 90% of the population living in the countryside and dependent mainly on subsistence agriculture. Statistical data on the economy continue to be sparse and unreliable.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: NA%

Real gdp per capita: $280 (1991 est.)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: mainly subsistence farming except for rubber plantations; main crops - rice, rubber, corn; food shortages - rice, meat, vegetables, dairy products, sugar, flour

Industries: rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%

Labor force: 2,500,000 to 3,000,000
By occupation: agriculture 80% (1988 est.)
Labor force

Unemployment rate: NA%

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $120 million; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (1992 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $59 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)
Commodoties: natural rubber, rice, pepper, wood
Partners: Vietnam, USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, India

Imports
Commodoties: international food aid; fuels, consumer goods, machinery
Partners: Vietnam, USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, India

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: riels (CR) per US$1 - 2,800 (September 1992), 500 (December 1991), 560 (1990), 159.00 (1988), 100.00 (1987)


Cambodia - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 35,000 kW capacity; 70 million kWh produced, 9 kWh per capita (1990)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Cambodia - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Cambodia - Military 1993
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: exchange rate conversion - $NA, NA% of GDP

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Cambodia - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 15
Usable: 9
With permanentsurface runways: 5
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 2
With runways 1220-2439 m: 4

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways: 3,700 km navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 meters; 282 km navigable to craft drawing 1.8 meters

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


Cambodia - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international: offshore islands and three sections of the boundary with Vietnam are in dispute; maritime boundary with Vietnam not defined

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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