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When did Kampuchea become Cambodia?

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Simply put, “Cambodia” is the English-pronunciation of the French-pronunciation of “Kampuchea”. The Pali/Sanskrit equivalence of the country's name is “Kampujā”. We can also call our country “Kampuja-rattha” which means “the State of Kampuj(a)”. read more

Currently, the nation is known as the ‘Kingdom of Cambodia’ (Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa), which was established in 1993 when the monarchy was restored. There was a transitional government from 1982–1993 known as the ‘Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea’. read more

During the Democratic Kampuchea days, the 68,000-member Khmer Rouge-dominated CPNLAF (Cambodian People's National Liberation Armed Forces) force, which completed its conquest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia in April 1975, was renamed the RAK (Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea). read more

Cambodia has had several name changes - when the new ruling party wanted to erase all traces of the previous one. read more

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