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Living At Dump, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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More than 2,000 peple, about 600 of which are children, live at the garbage dump at Stung Meanchey neighborhood of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. They are looking for recyclable material which they sell at small recycling businesses earning US 50 cents a day.
Phnom Penh (Khmer: ភ្នំពេញ, another Romanization: Phnum Pénh. literally: "Hill of Penh" or more loosely "Penh's Hill") is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic activities. Phnom Penh has grown to become the industrial, commercial, cultural, tourist and historical center of Cambodia.
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