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Official Name of Cambodia: Kingdom of Cambodia
Government type in Cambodia: multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy established in September 1993
Capital of Cambodia: Phnom Penh
Primary Language in Cambodia: Khmer, French, English
Currency in Cambodia: riel

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 almost 20 years of fighting. UN-sponsored elections in 1993 helped restore some semblance of normalcy as did the rapid diminishment of the Khmer Rouge in the mid-1990s. A coalition government, formed after national elections in 1998, brought renewed political stability and the surrender of remaining Khmer Rouge forces in 1998. A land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap.

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