Riel

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The riel is the official currency of Cambodia, used for everyday transactions alongside the U.S. dollar.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Riel canonical 4

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ
category Currencies of Asia ⓘ
Economy of Cambodia ⓘ
centralBank National Bank of Cambodia ⓘ
coexistsWith United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
country Cambodia ⓘ
denominationType banknotes ⓘ
coins ⓘ
introduced 1953 ⓘ
ISO4217Code KHR ⓘ
issuingAuthority National Bank of Cambodia ⓘ
languageOnCurrency Khmer ⓘ
legalTenderIn Cambodia ⓘ
monetaryAuthority National Bank of Cambodia ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf Cambodia ⓘ
peggedTo none ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
reintroduced 1980 ⓘ
replaced Indochinese piastre ⓘ
Kampuchean riel ⓘ
status freely floating currency ⓘ
subunit 100 sen ⓘ
subunitName sen ⓘ
symbol ៛ ⓘ
usedAlongside United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
usedBy Cambodian government ⓘ
Cambodian residents ⓘ
local businesses ⓘ
usedFor everyday transactions ⓘ
local commerce ⓘ
small purchases ⓘ
usedIn Cambodia ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis Riel → familyName → Riel ⓘ
People's Republic of Kampuchea → currency → Riel ⓘ
subject linked to: PRK