Cambodia is located on the southwest of the peninsula, China, India, the land area of 181035 ㎢ (South Korea's 2 times, about half of Vietnam and Italy) is. 10 degrees from the equator to the north of the capital, Phnom Penh is located. Thailand and Laos to the west and north, east and southeast to the border, and the women are facing is the border with Vietnam. 3 City, 20 castles, 172 three's, 1547's 435km of coastline has been divided into cotton. Cambodia's many rivers to cross mainly consists of low plains and the northern part of Thailand and many countries around the region and there are mountains to the southwest. Cardamom Mountains in the northwest mountains 1500m-class configuration and will be developed to the southeast in the northwest of Cambodia's tallest mountains towering in the east of Phnom Aural to reach the 1771m offers a great view.

Cardamom Mountains southeast developed is comprised of 500-1000m-class mountains, "Elephant Range" is called. The center of the east across the Mekong River in Cambodia flows within Cambodia to Vietnam, said the 400 ㎞. Mekong River is the cause of Tibet (Chinese territory), the "tanggeura" mountains, China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea in 4200 ㎞ is a very long river.

This river is the rainy season when the river flooded, Cambodia, Central Asia's largest giant hosuin the Tonle Sap Lake into the Mekong River is the level of control. 2600 ㎢ the width of the lake in the dry season when 10000 ㎢, but when the rainy season came and a lot of rain will increase when up to 13000 ㎢. The dry season of the Mekong River, the lake's water level started to go down again when the river water flowed into the river HIGH TIDE is a role reversal not. North-South 450 ㎞, nearly 580 ㎞ east and west, is an oval shape. Forests and farmland, 65.7 percent to 20.65 percent of the land area is 36460 ㎢.

The climate is tropical monsoon climate, high temperature is humid. Southwester in the May-October rainy season, the average rainfall during the rainy season bulmyeo 1270-1900㎜ high temperature and humid, he said. The dry season runs November to April is the dry season of November to January is a cool, dry weather will continue until February-April during the hottest despite continued dry northwesterly wind is blowing. The rainy season is of almost no rain in the morning, raining in the afternoon. Throughout the year the highest temperature in the warmest months April to 35℃ and highest temperature of the coldest month, the 20℃, and a master of degrees 8 - 11℃ said. Worse depends on rainfall in the region, the southeast towards the sea 500㎜ notice of the annual rainfall is only one, the central lowlands, the annual rainfall is more than the 1400㎜ .. 80% of annual rainfall during the April-October are concentrated. .

Cambodia has a population of about 7 million people, even the end of 1980, only about 3%, but with a high natural increase in the influx of foreigners is now nearly 8 million ~ 9 million people are estimated.
11,300,000 people based on 1998 statistics (the British publication The Economist Intelligence Unit Country Profile Reference), the average population density of about "40 people / 1 ㎢" (about the "450 people / 1 ㎢") is very rare. The population density of the central zone garner about "100 people / 1 ㎢" to the neighboring area of Vietnam garner about "1000 people / ㎢" is a big difference compared to. Therefore, if land use in Vietnam, Cambodia's intensive, but I do not need done to pander is used. In Vietnam's Mekong Delta region on a plane and go to Cambodia, this phenomenon comes at a glance.