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  1. Capital of Cambodia, on the Mekong River, 210
  2. km/130 mi NW of Saigon; population (1981)
  3. 600,000. Industries include textiles and
  4. food-processing. On 17 Apr 1975 the entire
  5. population (about 3 million) was forcibly
  6. evacuated by the Khmer Rouge; survivors later
  7. returned.
  8.