Phnom Penh /ˌnɒm ˈpen, pəˌnɒm- $ ˌnɑːm-/ BrE AmE
the capital of Cambodia. The ↑ Khmer Rouge took control of it in 1975, and sent most of the population to work in the country, but people started to come back to the city in 1979 when the Vietnamese took control of it.