PowerPoint on Cambodia - country profile

1. CAMBODIA
KNOW YOUR
COMMUNITY
KNOW YOUR WORLD
A PROGRAM OF GLOBAL TIES
AKRON

2. COUNTRY MAP

3. CAMBODIA
COMPARED
TO OHIO/US
Cambodia is one and a
half times the size of
Pennsylvania; slightly
smaller than Oklahoma

4. COUNTRY QUICK FACTS
• Full name: Kingdom of Cambodia
• Population: 16,944,826
• Capital: Phnom Penh
• Largest city: Phnom Penh
• Area: 181,035 sq km (69,898 sq mi)
• Major language: Khmer
• Major religion: Buddhism
• Life expectancy: 68.79 yrs (men), 72.59 yrs (women)
• Monetary unit: riel
• Main exports: clothing, precious metal scraps
• GNI per capita: US $1,583 (2023)

5. LANDFORMS OR HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT
EVENTS

6. LANGUAGE: Khmer
•HELLO: សួស្តី
• GOOD BYE : លាហើយ
•YES: បាទ/ចាស NO: ទេ
•THANK YOU: អរគុណ
•YOUR WELCOME: មិនអីទេ
•PLEASE: សូមមេត្តេ
• I LOVE YOU: ខ្ញុំសេឡាញ់អ្នក
• HOW ARE YOU: អ្នកសុខសបេបាយទេ?
•EXCUSE ME: សូមអភ័យទោស

7. COUNTRY
•LEADER: Head of State: King Norodom Sihamoni
•Prime Minister: Hun Manet
•GOVERNMENT: Parliament
•VOTING AGE: 18

8. Past events or key issues
2013 March - Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary dies while
awaiting trial for genocide. Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are the only
prominent Khmer Rouge figures still alive and under arrest by the UN-backed
tribunal.
2013 June - Parliament passes a bill making it illegal to deny that atrocities
were committed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.
2013 July - Opposition leader Sam Rainsy returns from exile.
2017 March - Human rights activist Kem Sokha is appointed as the new leader
of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), replacing Sam
Rainsy.
2017 September - Opposition leader Kem Sokha is charged with treason.
2017 November - Supreme Court dissolves the Cambodia National Rescue
Party, the country's only significant opposition party.
2018 February - Cambodia introduces lese-majeste law, which makes it a
criminal offence to defame or insult the king.

9. Current Issues in 2023
● Corruption is deeply-rooted,
predominantly in the government
● attacks against political opposition
● human right defenders behind bars
● attacks against environmental
activists
● Media outlets are not free - highly
biased to current government
● Lack of adequate standards of living

10. ECONOMICS
Agricultural products: cassava, rice, maize,
vegetables, sugar cane, soybeans, rubber, oil palm
fruit, bananas, pork
Imports: refined petroleum, clothing, gold, cars,
flavored water
Exports: clothing, precious metal scraps,
trunks/cases, gold, leather footwear (2019)

11. EVERYDAY-ECONOMICS
• People start working at age 15. Children ages 12 to
15 may be hired to do light work. Children often
work to sustain themselves and their family

12. RELIGION(S)
Buddhism

13. GENDER- ROLE OF GIRLS / BOYS –
MEN/WOMEN
• Girls are raised to be mothers and get married and
boys are taught to farm and become strong.
• Men wear straight collared tops and coats and
women wear silk, short sleeved tops and sarong.
• Women are usually married at age 16 and men at
age 20

14. NATIONAL FESTIVALS-HOLIDAYS
EVENTS
Khmer New Year: 3 day celebration of the end of
harvest season.
Water Festival: Colorful boats race on the river
Pchum Ben: Ancestor’s day. 15 day holiday where the
spirits of dead ancestors are thought to be especially
active.
Royal Ploughing Ceremony: celebrates the start of the
rice growing season

15. FOOD

16. CONTEMPORARY CUSTOMS- MUSIC - DANCE – SPORTS &
TRADITIONS

17. ATTRACTIONS
Angkor Banteay Srei
• Koh Ker