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Phnom Penh
(
Khmer
:
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; official Romanization: Phnum Penh;
IPA
: [p?num peː?]) is the
capital city
of
Cambodia
. It is the largest and most populous city in the country. It is also the capital of the Phnom Penh administrative city. On April 17 1975, it was seized by the
Khmer Rouge
who soon forced everyone to leave. It was later retaken from the Khmer Rouge by the Vietnamese Army in January 1979.
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11°34′10″N
104°55′16″E
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