The full name of Cambodia is Kingdom of Cambodia, commonly known as Cambodia, formerly known as Khmer, with an area of about 18. 10000 square kilometers. The coastline is 460 kilometers long. The central and southern parts are plains, the eastern, northern and western parts are surrounded by mountains and plateaus, and most areas are covered by forests. There are Mekong River and Tonle Sap Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, and the capital is Phnom Penh.
Extended data 1, comprehensive economy
According to the forecast of the Cambodian government, the economic growth rate in 20 16 is expected to maintain 7%, the per capita GDP will reach 1300 US dollars, and the inflation rate will be 2.8%. In the first half of the year, foreign exchange reserves reached US$ 5.5 billion, up 7.8% year-on-year.
2. Industrial status
Cambodia is a traditional agricultural country with a weak industrial base and is one of the least developed countries in the world. Poverty accounts for 28% of the total population.
The Cambodian government has implemented a free market economy that is open to the outside world, promoted economic privatization and trade liberalization, given priority to economic development and poverty eradication, given priority to the development of agriculture, processing industry, tourism, infrastructure construction and personnel training, promoted administrative, financial, military and judicial reforms, improved government work efficiency and improved investment environment, and achieved certain results.
Cambodia's mineral resources are mainly gold, phosphate, precious stones and oil, with a small amount of iron and coal. It is rich in forestry, fishery and fruit trees, teak, ironwood, rosewood, ebony, white bamboo and other precious tropical trees, and there are many kinds of bamboo. Forests are mainly distributed in the eastern, northern and western mountainous areas, with wood reserves of 1 65,438+0 billion cubic meters.
Tonle Sap Lake is the largest natural freshwater fishing ground in Southeast Asia, and is called "Fish Lake". The southwest coast is also an important fishing ground, producing more fish and shrimp.
Agriculture plays an important role in the national economy. The agricultural population accounts for about 765,438+0% of the total population and 78% of the total working population. The cultivated land area is 6.7 million hectares, of which the irrigated area is 374,000 hectares, accounting for 18%.
The main agricultural products are rice, corn, potatoes, peanuts and beans. Mekong River Basin and Tonle Sap Lake are famous rice producing areas, and Battambang Province is known as the "granary". Cash crops include rubber, pepper, cotton, tobacco, sugar palm, sugarcane, coffee and coconut.
There are 6,543,800 hectares of rubber plantations in China, with a high output per unit area, with an annual output of 50,000 tons, mainly distributed in Kampong Cham province in the east. Cambodia's industrial base is weak, mainly including some food processing and light industry.
References:
Shandong International Investment Promotion Center-Cambodia