Cambodian riel
E95495
The Cambodian riel is the official national currency of Cambodia, used alongside the US dollar in everyday transactions.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | KHR ⓘ |
| centralBank | National Bank of Cambodia ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | dollarization in Cambodia ⓘ |
| country | Cambodia ⓘ |
| denominationStructure | subdivided into 100 sen ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedBanknotes |
100 riel
ⓘ
1000 riel ⓘ 10000 riel ⓘ 100000 riel ⓘ 2000 riel ⓘ 20000 riel ⓘ 50 riel ⓘ 500 riel ⓘ 5000 riel ⓘ 50000 riel ⓘ |
| introduced | 1953 ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Royal Government of Cambodia ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | KHR ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | National Bank of Cambodia ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Khmer ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Cambodia ⓘ |
| localName | រៀល ⓘ |
| monetaryPolicy | managed by National Bank of Cambodia ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | decimal ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Cambodia ⓘ |
| peggedTo | not formally pegged to another currency ⓘ |
| pluralForm | riels ⓘ |
| rarelyUsedCoins |
100 sen
ⓘ
200 riel ⓘ 50 sen ⓘ 500 riel ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| reintroduced | 1980 ⓘ |
| reintroducedReplacing | Kampuchean riel ⓘ |
| replacing |
piastre of French Indochina
ⓘ
surface form:
Indochinese piastre
|
| scriptOfSymbol | Khmer script ⓘ |
| status | national currency of Cambodia ⓘ |
| subunit | sen ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 sen = 1 riel ⓘ |
| symbol | ៛ ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| usedBy |
businesses in Cambodia
ⓘ
residents of Cambodia ⓘ |
| usedFor | small everyday purchases in Cambodia ⓘ |
| usedIn | everyday transactions in Cambodia ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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