Cambodia Travel HD Videos

April 11, 2015

Cambodia Travel HD Videos

National Name: Preahreacheanacha Kampuchea

Languages: Khmer (official) 96.3%, other 3.7% (2008 est.)

Ethnicity/race: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%

National Holiday: Independence Day, November 9

Religions: Buddhist (official) 96.9%, Muslim 1.9%, Christian 0.4%, other 0.8% (2008 est.)

Literacy rate: 73.6% (2011 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2013 est.): $39.64 billion; per capita $2,600. Real growth rate: 7%. Inflation: 3.2%. Unemployment: 0% (2011 est.). Arable land: 22.09%. Agriculture: rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca. Labor force: 7.9 million (2012 est.); agriculture: 55.8%; industry: 16.9%; services: 27.3% (2010 est.). Industries: tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles. Natural resources: oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential. Exports: $6.781 billion (2013 est.): clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear. Imports: $8.895 billion (2013 est.): petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products. Major trading partners: U.S., Germany, UK, Vietnam, Canada, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Singapore (2012).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 584,000 (2012); mobile cellular: 19.1 million (2012). Broadcast media:mixture of state-owned, joint public-private, and privately owned broadcast media; 9 TV broadcast stations with most operating on multiple channels, including 1 state-operated station broadcasting from multiple locations, 6 stations either jointly operated or privately owned with some broadcasting from several locations, and 2 TV relay stations - one relaying a French TV station and the other relaying a Vietnamese TV station; multi-channel cable and satellite systems are available; roughly 50 radio broadcast stations - 1 state-owned broadcaster with multiple stations and a large mixture of public and private broadcasters; several international broadcasters are available (2009). Internet hosts: 13,784 (2012). Internet users: 78,500 (2009).

Transportation: Railways: total: 690 km (2010). Highways: total: 39,618 km; (2011). Waterways: 3,700 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2004). Ports and harbors: Phnom Penh. Airports: 16 (2013 est.).