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Royal Palace The Royal Palace at Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Phnom Penh

national capital, Cambodia
Also known as: Phnum Pénh, Phom Penh, Pnom Penh
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Phnom Penh, capital and chief city of Cambodia. It lies at the confluence of the Basăk (Bassac), Sab, and Mekong river systems, in the south-central part of the country. Phnom Penh was founded in 1434 to succeed Angkor Thom as the capital of the Khmer nation but was abandoned several times before being reestablished in 1865 by King Norodom. The city formerly functioned as a processing centre, with textiles, pharmaceuticals, machine manufacturing, and rice milling....

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