What does Cambodia look like?
Cambodia is slightly smaller than Texas and is comprised mostly of flat plains cut down the middle by the Mekong River. The Southwest and Northwest of the country are heavily forested and lightly populated, while most Cambodians live near the two centers of Battambang and Phnom Penh. History has not treated all Cambodians equally. During the years from 1975 to 1979, those in the Northwest found sanctuary in Thailand and consequentially that area represents the Diaspora. Those in the Southeast fled the other way to Vietnam, where they formed the roots of the current governing parties. Those in central Cambodia suffered the least in the Killing Fields because they were located the farthest away from urban centers, and therefore kept on doing life as they have done for centuries. More than 90% Cambodians are ethnic Khmer while the rest are neatly divided into minority groups of Cham (Muslim), mountainous peoples (animistic) and city-dwelling populations from Vietnam and other neighboring
