Cambodian Human Geography? Geographical location of Cambodia

Cambodia is located on the Indochina Peninsula in Asia, bordered by Thailand to the west and northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and Moho, and the Gulf of Siam to the south.

Cambodia is a saucer-shaped basin surrounded by hills and mountains on three sides, and a vast and rich plain in the middle, accounting for more than three-quarters of the country's area.

The territory is home to the Mekong River and Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap Lake (also known as Phnom Penh Lake), the capital of Phnom Penh.

In Cambodia, the Khmer nationality is the main ethnic group, accounting for 80% of the total population, and the ethnic minorities include the Cham nationality, the Punon nationality, the Lao nationality, the Thai nationality, the Stin nationality and so on. Khmer is the lingua franca and is the official language along with English and French. Buddhism is the state religion, with more than 95% of the inhabitants practicing Buddhism, the Cham ethnic group believing in Islam, and a small number of urban residents believing in Catholicism.

There are about 600,000 Chinese and overseas Chinese.

It is located in the southern part of the Indochina Peninsula. It is bordered by Vietnam to the east and southeast, Laos to the north, Thailand to the west and northwest, and the Gulf of Siam to the southwest. The coastline is about 460 km long. It has a tropical monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 24.

Cambodia is located in Southeast Asia, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, and belongs to the tropics.

The most important feature of the tropics is that there are no four seasons, that is, there is no spring, summer, autumn and winter, but it is divided into rainy season and dry season.

Cambodia belongs to the tropical monsoon climate, the average annual temperature is 29-30, 5-10 months is the rainy season, November - April of the following year is the dry season, affected by the topography and monsoon, the precipitation varies greatly, the southern end of Xiangshan can reach 5400 mm, and the east of Phnom Penh is about 1000 mm.

1.Hammock culture.

Walking in every angle of the city, you will see the figure of the hammock. And the style is diverse, it is also very easy to carry, and the locals will ask a few friends to bring the hammock to the outdoor picnic party whenever they have free time, and if they are tired, the hammock has become the best place to rest and sleep.

2.Flip-flops.

If a merchant sells shoes in Cambodia, the result must be a collapse. It seems to me that going out, going to work, leisure, men, women and children have a soft spot for it.

**Middle, it is Prime Minister Hun Sen when he was young**, with a thin body, wearing a white shirt and black pants, wearing a pair of white flip-flops, and when he greeted Cambodia, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Interior Mr. Mori Song. This photo was taken in 1980, when Hun Sen was the youngest Cambodian minister.

3.Sweet and sour food culture.

In terms of taste, Cambodian dishes tend to be sweet and sour, and spicy is much lighter than the taste of my hometown Sichuanese. In addition, the meat in Cambodia is mainly fresh river fresh, and the cooking method is basically fried. Friends who come to travel such as Min Xiangguo must feel the local food culture.

4.Toilet culture.

If you go to the toilet in China, you will use toilet paper, but in Cambodia, there is no paper in the toilet, and there will be shower heads in the low place of the toilet, in fact, it is not used for showering, but for cleaning, so in Cambodian customs, the toilet is not paper, but directly washed with water.

"The Kingdom of Angkor" (Nokoreach) is the national anthem of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Its tune is an adaptation of Cambodian folk songs, written by King Zunna, and the national anthem was first adopted in 1941 and re-recognized in 1947, when Cambodia had just gained independence from France. It was not until 1970 that the royal family was abolished and the national anthem was replaced.

In 1975, the year of the communist victory, symbols of the former royal family, including The Kingdom, were re-recognized for a short time. Subsequently, the Khmer Rouge adopted "Glorious April 17" as the new national anthem. It was not until the royal Funcinpec Party defeated the former Communist Party (Cambodian People's Party) in 1993** that Kingdom was reinstated as the national anthem.

Kingdom of Angkor Lyrics:

Heaven blesses our king and bestows upon him happiness and glory and reigns over our souls and destiny.

The legacy of our ancestors has been passed down from generation to generation, leading the proud ancient kingdom.

The temple is immersed in the forest and recalls the glory of the Angkor era, and the Khmer nation is as strong and tenacious as a rock.

The fate of Cambodia, I believe, our kingdom has been tested for a long time.

Melodious chants come from the stupa dedicated to the glorious and sacred Buddhism, so that we are faithful to the faith of my ancestors.

God did not hesitate to give his grace to the rivers and mountains of the ancient Khmer.

Cambodia's well-known cultural landscapes are:

Angkor monuments, located in Siem Reap province, about 240 kilometers away from the capital Phnom Penh, is a symbol of the Cambodian nation and is known as one of the four wonders of the East. The existing monuments of Angkor mainly include the Royal City of Angkor (Greater Angkor) and Angkor Wat (Little Angkor). Between the 9th and 15th centuries AD, Angkor was the royal capital of Cambodia.

Angkor was founded in 802 A.D. and completed in 1201, which lasted 400 years. After the invasion of Siamese troops in 1431, Angkor was severely damaged and the dynasty was forced to move its capital to Phnom Penh. After that, Angkor was abandoned and gradually submerged in the jungle wilderness, until a French naturalist named Henri Mouot discovered the monuments of Angkor in the 60s of the 19th century.

There are more than 600 Angkor monuments in 45 square kilometres of forest. The Great Angkor and Lesser Angkor are the main components of it, with many exquisite stupas and numerous stone reliefs. These stupas are all made of huge stone blocks, some of which weigh more than 8 tons.

The stupa is carved with statues of various forms, some of which are several meters high, which is vivid and realistic. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee listed the entire Angkor monument as a World Heritage Site.

The Independence Monument, located at the intersection of Norodom Avenue and Sihanoukville Avenue, was erected to commemorate Cambodia's complete independence from French colonial rule on November 9, 1953. Completed in March 1958, it is 37 meters high, with a total of 7 floors, and 100 snake gods (Cambodian cultural symbols).

Tap Hill, also known as Tap Tsai Hill, is a small mountain and is the birthplace of Phnom Penh. Legend has it that in ancient times, a woman named "Ben" drifted here along the Mekong River because of the big water, picked up a Buddha statue, enshrined on the hill, and then built a temple here, believers pilgrims were overflowing, and gradually developed into a prosperous town, was named "Baibao Ben", which means "Ben Lady's Mountain", and the local overseas Chinese translated it as "Phnom Penh". The tower hill is about 100 meters high, the top of the tower is dedicated to the image of Mrs. Ben, the incense burns continuously all day long, it is one of the symbols of Phnom Penh.

Tonle Sap Lake, located in the northern part of Cambodia, is located in the heart of Cambodia in the shape of a long shape, and is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. The lakeside plain is flat and vast, 500 kilometers long and more than 110 kilometers wide, from northwest to southeast, crossing Cambodia and meeting the Mekong River that runs through Cambodia in the city of Phnom Penh. It is like a huge green jadeite, inlaid on the land of Cambodia, providing a solid resource guarantee for the development and prosperity of the Khmer nation, and is the "lake of life" of the Cambodian people.