National Library of Cambodia

The French colonial administration opened the National Library of Cambodia in 1924 with an initial collection consisting of 2879 books, mostly in French, and the first Cambodian director was appointed in 1951, and after independence in 1954 there was a significant growth in Cambodian publishing, which was reflected in the increase in the number of Khmer language books in the National Library Today, the library owns about 103,635 copies in different languages such as Khmer, French, English and German, and its private collections include 8,327 national documents, including documents published in French between 1925 and 1970, in addition to some books and documents published in Khmer dating back to the years 1955-1975, and others. a lot.