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Cambodian genocide

genocide of as many as 3,000,000 Cambodians by communist Khmer Rogue in 1975–79
Event mass_murder Q2885072
Cambodian genocide
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Summary

Cambodian genocide is a mass murder[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of mass murder entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,985 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Democratic Kampuchea[3]
  • Country: Cambodia[4]
  • Instance of: autogenocide[5]
  • Location: Democratic Kampuchea[6]
  • Commons category: Cambodian genocide[7]
  • Start time: April 17, 1975[8]
  • End time: January 7, 1979[9]
  • Point in time: 1970[10]
  • Participant: Khmer Rouge[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cambodian genocide[12]
  • Different from: allegations of genocide of Vietnamese in the Vietnam war[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[14]

Why It Matters

Cambodian genocide has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Cambodia Democratic Kampuchea Nuon Chea

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ushmm.org. ushmm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Q796398
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  2. 10w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths → +1200000
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  3. 17w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 16536000x
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → +1979-01-07T00:00:00Z
    Location → Democratic Kampuchea
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 12.25, 'lon': 105.6}
    End time → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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