Administrative divisions of Cambodia have several levels.
Cambodia is divided into 24
provinces (''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
districts (''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 "
communes" (''khum''; , ). A commune is further divided into "villages" (, ).
In
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 ...
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
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 ...
, as the
urban sprawl 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.
See also
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List of districts in Cambodia
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Communes of Cambodia
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Provinces of Cambodia
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List of cities in Cambodia
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ISO 3166-2:KH
References
External links
Statoid site
{{Cambodia topics
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