7 ATLASES
History of Cambodia in maps
Cambodia as it appears in 7 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 1991: Cambodia, French Indochina, French Indochina — Cambodia. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Cambodia before it was Cambodia? The sections below follow this land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve as an approximation, as each atlas says on the map itself.
The Khmer Empire (mod. Cambodia) · Mongol Empire
| Beyond the conquests — the opening position |
MONGOL EMPIRE: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Cambodia · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Colony or dependency |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
French Indochina · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
French Indochina — Cambodia · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Cambodia · WW2
| Western Allies — the opening position | |
| Axis allies & puppets | |
| Axis-occupied | |
| Western Allies |
Cambodia · Cold War
| NATO & core Western allies — the opening position | |
| Non-aligned & neutral | |
| Communist, outside Moscow’s bloc | |
| Soviet-aligned states | |
| Non-aligned & neutral |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Cambodia (Kampuchea) · Refugee crises
Cambodia suffered the worst of the region’s catastrophes. The Khmer Rouge emptied its cities in April 1975, and an estimated 1.5 to 2.2 million people died under Democratic Kampuchea. After Vietnam invaded in 1979, hundreds of thousands of survivors fled toward the Thai border. Many waited in camps such as Khao-I-Dang and Site 2 until UN-organized repatriation returned more than 360,000 people in 1992–93.
| Soviet-occupied or communist — the opening position | |
| Soviet-occupied or communist |
REFUGEE CRISES: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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