Welcome to the shared photos gallery of the Long Beach Cambodian Community. You will find dedicated albums for the Long Beach-Phnom Penh Sister Cities Association, Cambodian American Chamber of Commerce, Cambodia Town Inc. as well as some albums introducing the Cambodian culture and lifestyle.

The City of Long Beach is the symbolic and actual center of the worldwide Cambodian diaspora as it is home to the largest population of Cambodians outside of Cambodia. The U.S. Census showed that of the approximate 84,000 Cambodians in California, over 20,000 were in Long Beach! It is reasonable to state that there are upwards of 30,000 Cambodians living within the Long Beach city limits. Combined with those living in neighboring Cerritos, Lakewood, Paramount, and in Greater L.A. and Orange counties, there are upwards of 50,000 Cambodians in the area. Many of the Cambodians in Long Beach came to the United States as refugees from Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979, as well as the 1978 invasion and occupation of Cambodia by Vietnam. Many were attracted to Long Beach because it already held a small community of Cambodians who had arrived during the 1960s to study at the California State University.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, one of Long Beach’s largest ethnic groups became a sister city in 1994, bringing the total number of cities affiliated with the Long Beach Sister City Program to nine. We lead the movement for local community development and volunteer action by motivating and empowering private citizens, municipal officials and business leaders to conduct long-term programs of mutual benefit. Everyone wins!

"Cambodia Town" is viewed by many to be the heart of the Cambodian American community. Cambodian-Americans from the greater Los Angeles County, Orange County, and as far away as San Diego, Fresno, Stockton, Oakland, and San Jose come to this area on a regular basis to shop, eat, and do business. Cambodians from all over the world know about Long Beach, California.

The CACC is a valuable Marketing and Public Relations organization for the Cambodian American business community and Chamber Members, AND the primary online business resource and gateway to the Cambodian American business community in Long Beach and beyond.

We are a neighborhood that cherishes diversity, dignity, safety and well-being, and business opportunity and success for all Long Beach residents.

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. Phnom Penh is the capital city. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. A citizen of Cambodia is identified as "Cambodian" or "Khmer," though the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction.