FACTS

Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos

Area (only Total) total: 181,040 sq km

Climate: tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain: mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north

Population: 14,241,640

Main Language (only first): Khmer

Government type: multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy

Capital (Name): Phnom Penh

Capital (Time Difference): UTC+7

Independence: 9 November 1953 (from France)

National holiday: Independence Day, 9 November (1953)