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Did you know?

• Khmer, the Cambodian language, has the longest alphabet in the world.

 

• Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh, holds its fair share of secrets. During the 14^th century “Lady Penh” discovered some sacred Buddha images in a tree floating in the nearby river. What is now known as Wat Phnom was built to house those images and the city then named Phnom Penh, Phnom meaning “hill” and Phnom Penh meaning “hill of Penh”.  Today cheeky monkeys play and locals relax in the surrounding grounds and walkways.

 

• The derelict French colonial building next to the Post Office was featured in the 2002 movie “City of Ghosts”.

 

• The Royal Palace in Phnom Penh also houses the “Silver Pagoda”, named due to its 5,000 x 1kg silver tiles covering the floor. 

 

• Phnom Penh is really the only place you will still see cyclos in Cambodia.

 

• Traditionally the Cambodian man has to pay a dowry to the family of his wife to be, and when he marries he and his wife go to live with the wife's family!

 

• Cambodia's share of the mighty Mekong River basin is a massive 155,000 km².

 

• The Irrawaddy freshwater dolphin is only found in a few places in the world. In the Mekong River 6 - 7 hours north of Phnom Penh there are around 100 surviving freshwater dolphins who play in the waters around Kratie, Kampi and Steung Treng to live and grow their numbers.

 

• 95% of Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists.

 

• The Sugar Palm tree can be found all over Cambodia and is a multi-purpose tree - every part of it is used for something: eating the fruit, drinking sugar palm juice, weaving the leaves, building houses and boats from the wood, cloth making and more.

 

• Cambodia has two UNESCO World Heritage sites and one World Heritage Biosphere Reserve - the famous Angkor site near Siem Reap, Preah Vihear temple situated near the Thai border in the north west of Cambodia, and the Tonle Sap Lake.

 

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