• A country in Southeast Asia between Thailand and southern Vietnam; population 15,600,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Khmer; capital, Phnom Penh.

  柬埔寨（东南亚国家，位于泰国与越南南部之间，2009年估计人口14, 494, 300；官方语言高棉语，首都金边；正式名称亦称KHMER REPUBLIC 1970-1975及KAMPUCHER 1976-1989）

  Also officially called the Khmer Republic (1970–75) and Kampuchea (1976–89)

The country was made a French protectorate in 1863 and remained under French influence until it became fully independent in 1953. During the Vietnam War, it was the scene of fighting between the North Vietnamese army and South Vietnamese and US forces. Following a civil war 1970–75, Cambodia came under the control of the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot; more than 2 million Cambodians died before the regime was toppled by a Vietnamese invasion in 1979. The Vietnamese withdrew in 1989, and the monarchy was restored in 1993. Elections were held in 1998 and again in 2003. Since then prime minister Hun Sen, a former communist, has effectively run the country