The Khmer Rouge ruled the country and carried out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, when they were ousted in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. A 1970 coup installed the US-aligned Khmer Republic, until being overthrown by the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Despite Cambodia's neutrality, the Vietnam War extended into the country in 1965 via the Ho Chi Minh and Sihanouk trails. After a period of Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Cambodia gained independence in 1953. In the fifteenth century, Cambodia experienced a decline of power, and in 1863, it became a protectorate of France. Angkor Wat is the most famous of these structures and is designated as a World Heritage Site. The Indianised kingdom facilitated the spread of first Hinduism and then Buddhism to much of Southeast Asia and undertook many religious infrastructural projects throughout the region.
This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire. In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name "Kambuja". The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh.Ĭambodia has been inhabited since prehistoric times. You may need rendering support to display the Khmer text in this article correctly.Ĭambodia ( / k æ m ˈ b oʊ d i ə/ ( listen)) or Kampuchea ( / ˌ k æ m p ʊ ˈ tʃ iː ə/ Khmer: កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: Kâmpŭchéa ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in the southern Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles), bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.
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