{"id":343472,"date":"2025-07-25T16:14:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=343472"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:44:23","slug":"key-facts-about-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Key facts about Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Fresh clashes erupted again between Thailand and Cambodia along their border, marking the most violent escalation in over a decade.<\/p>\n<h2>Key facts about Cambodia<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_343473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343473\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-343473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Britannica.jpg?resize=464%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Britannica.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Britannica.jpg?resize=1024%2C720&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Britannica.jpg?resize=768%2C540&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Britannica.jpg?w=1096&amp;ssl=1 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-343473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>It is located in Mainland Southeast Asia.\n<ul>\n<li>It lies entirely <strong>within the tropics<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Borders:<\/strong> It is bordered by <strong>Thailand<\/strong> to the northwest, <strong>Laos<\/strong> to the north, and <strong>Vietnam<\/strong> to the east.\n<ul>\n<li>It has a 443-kilometre coastline along the <strong>Gulf of Thailand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong> It is dominated by a <strong>tropical climate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terrain:<\/strong> Its landscape is characterised by a <strong>low-lying central plain<\/strong> that is surrounded by <strong>uplands<\/strong> and <strong>low mountains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drainage:<\/strong> The two dominant hydrological features of Cambodia are the <strong>Mekong River and the Tonle Sap (Great Lake).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Mekong River rises in the <strong>Plateau of Tibet<\/strong> and empties into the <strong>South China Sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital:<\/strong> Its capital and most populous city is <strong>Phnom Penh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Polity:<\/strong> It is a <strong>constitutional monarchy<\/strong> with a unitary structure and a parliamentary form of government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Fresh clashes erupted again between Thailand and Cambodia along their border, marking the most violent escalation in over a decade. Key facts about Cambodia Location: It is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. It lies entirely within the tropics. 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