Administrative divisions of Cambodia have several levels.

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

is divided into 24

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

(''Khaet''; km, ខេត្ត, ) and the special administrative unit

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

. Though a different administrative unit, Phnom Penh is at province level, so ''de facto'' Cambodia has 25 provinces and municipalities. Each province is divided into

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

s (''Srok''/''Khan''; , /) - there are 159 districts throughout the country’s provinces, and 12 are in Phnom Penh. Each province has one capital district (changed to " city/town", ''krong''; , ), e.g. for Siem Reap, it's ''Srok Siem Reap''. The exceptions are the provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Kandal, Mondulkiri, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Ratanakiri, where the province and the capital district does not match. A district of a province, which is called ''Srok'' (, ), is divided into "

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

s" (''khum''; , ). A commune is further divided into "villages" (, ). In

the districts are called ''khan'' (, ), and their subdivisions ''sangkat'' (, ) which are smaller in the other provinces. ''Sangkat'' are further subdivided into ''phum'', which are usually translated as villages, though they do not necessarily cover one single settlement.

Administrative units

Officially, Cambodia is divided into 5 administrative tiers, with different types of administrative unit on each tier:

Local administration

In addition to these subdivisions, there are also cities and towns, which take over some of the responsibilities of the districts and communes on the area covered by the municipality. These all have an elected board and an elected mayor. There are three different levels of municipalities ( km, ក្រុង): * krong (city): More than 50,000 citizens * krong (town): More than 10,000 citizens - or a provincial capital In addition to the population numbers, the municipalities need to have enough tax revenues for the administration to be able to execute the offices of administrations. Towns and cities are divided into ''sangkat'' (communes), which are equivalent to ''khum'' of rural areas. For areas which do not reach the mandatory conditions, they exist another lower level of local administration. These usually cover a complete subdistrict (''Khum''), but may also cover more than one subdistrict or share a subdistrict with a municipality.

Informal subdivisions

Kandal Province is informally included as part of

, as the

urban sprawl Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city." Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted growt ...

of the capital has already spread into these areas. There are several definitions of regions in Cambodia.

Cambodia Town, Long Beach, California Cambodia Town (also known as Little Phnom Penh or Little Cambodia) is the official name for a roughly one mile long business corridor along Anaheim Street between Atlantic and Junipero avenues in the Eastside of Long Beach, California. The area ...

, is sometimes jokingly referred to as the "25th province" of Cambodia, because of the high population of Cambodian Americans that live there.

References

External links

Statoid site
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Administrative units

Local administration

Informal subdivisions

See also

References

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