Riel

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

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Label Occurrences
Riel canonical 4

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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