Administrative divisions of Cambodia
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Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces

Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces

Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces

Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces

Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces

Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces

Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces

Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces

Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 is divided into twenty-three provinces (ខេត្ត, khaet) and the capital Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

. Provinces are further subdivided into districts (ស្រុក, srŏk) and municipalities (ក្រុង, krong). Districts are divided into communes (ឃុំ, khum) and quarters (សង្កាត់, sangkat), then further divided into villages (ភូមិ, phum). The municipalities are divided into quarters (សង្កាត់, sangkat), which are divided into villages (ភូមិ, phum), and further divided into groups (krom). The capital is divided into sections (ខណ្ឌ, khan), which are divided into quarters (សង្កាត់, sangkat), and further divided into villages (ភូមិ, phum).

First-level divisions: provinces and capital

Provinces (khaet) and municipalities (krong) are Cambodia's first-level administrative divisions. Provinces are divided into 159 districts (srŏk) and 26 municipalities (krong). The capital is divided into 8 khan.

On 22 December, 2008, King Norodom Sihamoni
Norodom Sihamoni
Norodom Sihamoni is the current reigning King of Cambodia. He is the eldest son of Norodom Sihanouk and Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Previously Cambodia's ambassador to UNESCO, he was named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 2004...

 signed a Royal Decree that changed the municipalities of Kep
Kep, Cambodia
Kep is a coastal city and former beach resort in Cambodia's Kep Province, 173 kilometres southwest of Phnom Penh.The city was founded in 1908 during French colonial rule and was originally named Kep-sur-mer. Many of the French-style villas are overgrown and run-down, but Kep is slowly being...

, Pailin
Pailin
Pailin is a province at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains, in the west of Cambodia near the border of Thailand. This province is surrounded by Battambang Province, and was officially carved out of Battambang to become a separate administrative division after the surrender of the Ieng...

 and Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville , also known as Kampong Saom, is a province in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. This port city is a growing Cambodian urban center, located southwest of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The province is named after King Father Norodom Sihanouk and grew up around the...

 into provinces, as well as adjusting several provincial borders.

Kratie
Kratié Province
Kratié or Kracheh is a province in northeastern Cambodia. It borders Stung Treng to the north, Mondulkiri to the east, Kampong Thom to the west, Kampong Cham and Vietnam to the south....

, Ratanakiri
Ratanakiri
Ratanakiri is a province in northeastern Cambodia that borders Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, Mondulkiri Province to the south, and Stung Treng Province to the west. The province extends from the mountains of the Annamite Range in the north, across a hilly plateau between the Tonle San...

, Stung Treng
Stung Treng
Stung Treng is the capital of Stung Treng Province, Cambodia. It is located in the western part of the Virachey National Park.It is the major city of both the district and province and has a population of 29,665 ....

 and Mondulkiri
Mondulkiri
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 were part of Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

 until the French protectorate
Protectorate
In history, the term protectorate has two different meanings. In its earliest inception, which has been adopted by modern international law, it is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity...

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Location Name Capital Population Area (km²) Population Density Human Development Index (HDI) Abbrivation
Banteay Meanchey Province Sisophon
Sisophon
Sisophon is the provincial capital of Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia. The city separates Cambodia's National Highway 5 and National Highway 6. Serei Saophoan is difficult to pronounce, so often the area is written transliterated as "Sisophon", even on Cambodian signs...

678,033 6,679 km² 102 0.421 BM
Battambang Province
Battambang Province
Battambang is a province in northwestern Cambodia. It is bordered to the North with Banteay Meanchey, to the West with Thailand, and to the East and South with Pursat. The capital of the province is the city of Battambang. The name, meaning 'lost staff', refers to the legend of Preah Bat Dambang...

Battambang
Battambang
Battambang is the capital city of Battambang province in northwestern Cambodia.Battambang is the second-largest city in Cambodia with a population of over 250,000. Founded in the 11th century by the Khmer Empire, Battambang is well known for being the leading rice-producing province of the country...

1,036,523 11,702 km² 89 0.435 BB
Kampong Cham Province Kampong Cham 1,680,694 9,799 km² 172 0.616 KC
Kampong Chhnang Province Kampong Chhang 472,616 5,521 km² 86 0.562 KN
Kampong Speu Province Kampong Speu Town 716,517 7,017 km² 102 KS
Kampong Thom Province Kampong Thom 708,398 13,814 km² 51 0.509 KT
Kampot Province Kampot 585,110 4,873 km² 120 0.548 KP
Kandal Province
Kandal Province
Kandal is a province of Cambodia. Its capital is Ta Khmao town . The province completely surrounds, but does not include, the national capital Phnom Penh...

Ta Khmau
Ta Khmau
Ta Khmao is the capital of Kandal Province in central Cambodia.The city is about 11 Km south of Phnom Penh . The City is subdivided into 6 communes and 20 villages ....

1,265,805 3,568 km² 355 0.653 KD
Koh Kong Province
Koh Kong Province
Koh Kong is a province of Cambodia. The name means "Kŏng Island Province". Its capital is Koh Kong.-Geography:The most south-western province of Cambodia, Koh Kong has a long undeveloped coastline and a mountainous, forested and largely inaccessible interior which embraces part of the Cardamom...

Koh Kong 139,722 11,160 km² 12 0.576 KK
Kep Province Kep 40,208 336 km² 120 KE
Kratie Province
Kratié Province
Kratié or Kracheh is a province in northeastern Cambodia. It borders Stung Treng to the north, Mondulkiri to the east, Kampong Thom to the west, Kampong Cham and Vietnam to the south....

Kratié 318,523 11,094 km² 29 0.513 KR
Mondulkiri Province Sen Monorom
Senmonorom
Senmonorom is the capital of Senmonorom District and Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia.Senmonorom is the only major town in the province of Mondulkiri...

60,811 14,288 km² 4 0.573 MK
Oddar Meanchey Province Samraong 185,443 6,158 km² 30 0.537 OM
Pailin Province
Pailin
Pailin is a province at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains, in the west of Cambodia near the border of Thailand. This province is surrounded by Battambang Province, and was officially carved out of Battambang to become a separate administrative division after the surrender of the Ieng...

Pailin
Pailin
Pailin is a province at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains, in the west of Cambodia near the border of Thailand. This province is surrounded by Battambang Province, and was officially carved out of Battambang to become a separate administrative division after the surrender of the Ieng...

70,482 803 km² 88 PL
Phnom Penh Municipality
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

2,000,064 758 km² 2,638 0.638 PP
Preah Sihanouk Province Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville
Sihanoukville , also known as Kampong Saom, is a province in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. This port city is a growing Cambodian urban center, located southwest of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The province is named after King Father Norodom Sihanouk and grew up around the...

199,902 868 km² 230 SV
Preah Vihear Province Tbeng Meanchey
Phnom Tbeng Meanchey
Tbeng Meanchey is a town, and capital of Preah Vihear Province in northern Cambodia. Phnom Tbeng Meanchay is the mountain rising to 600 m 5 km south-west of Tbeng Meanchay town.-Sites:...

170,852 13,788 km² 12 PR
Pursat Province Pursat
Pursat
Pursat is the capital of Pursat Province, Cambodia. Its name derived from a type of tree.- Notes :...

397,107 12,692 km² 31 0.585 PS
Prey Veng Province Prey Veng 947,357 4,883 km² 194 0.535 PV
Ratanakiri Province Banlung
Banlung
Banlung is the capital of Ratanakiri Province in northeastern Cambodia. Banlung is 636 km from the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. Ratanakiri province borders Vietnam and Laos. Banlung is also the capital of the Banlung District. The city has a population of around 17,000 and the surrounding...

149,997 10,782 km² 14 0.502 RK
Siem Reap Province Siem Reap
Siem Reap
Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and is the gateway to Angkor region.Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market...

896,309 10,299 km² 87 0.601 SR
Stung Treng Province
Stung Treng Province
Stung Treng is a northern province of Cambodia.-Description:The Cambodia/Lao border is located in the north of Stung Treng Province. The Mekong river crosses the province roughly in its midst.-History of stung treng:...

Stung Treng
Stung Treng
Stung Treng is the capital of Stung Treng Province, Cambodia. It is located in the western part of the Virachey National Park.It is the major city of both the district and province and has a population of 29,665 ....

111,734 11,092 km² 10 0.557 ST
Svay Rieng Province Svay Rieng City 482,785 2,966 km² 163 0.486 SG
Takeo Province Takéo
Takéo
Takéo is the capital of Takéo Province, Cambodia. As of 1998 it had a population of 39,186. The town and province is known for its silk weaving and the province is home to about 10,000 of the total of 15,000 Cambodian weavers. Most silk weavers in the villages are near the national highway in the...

843,931 3,563 km² 237 0.582 TK

Second-level divisions: districts, municipalities and sections

Districts (srŏk) are subdivisions of provinces and consist of multiple communes (khum), and quarters (sangkat).
Municipalities (krong) are subdivisions of provinces and consist of multiple quarters (sangkat).
A section (khan) is a subdivision of the capital and consists of multiple quarters (sangkat).

Communes (khum)

Communes are subdivisions of districts. Communes consist of multiple villages (phum).

Villages (phum)

Villages (phum), the basic geographical and administrative subdivision in Cambodia, are subdivisions of communes (khum) and quarters (sangkat).

During the Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...

 years and under the Communist government in power during the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia
People's Republic of Kampuchea
The People's Republic of Kampuchea , , was founded in Cambodia by the Salvation Front, a group of Cambodian leftists dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge, after the overthrow of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot's government...

 villages were further subdivided into 'groups' (krom) of 15-20 households who were led by a group leader (Meh Krom). However, this system is no longer part of the official administrative system and is now unevenly applied.

The administrative head of a Phum is the village chief (Protean Phum) who is usually assisted by a deputy. Village chiefs report to the leader of the commune or commune chief (Meh Khum). Village chiefs come under the authority of the Ministry of Interior which is responsible for administration and the National Police. Prior to 2006, village chiefs were government appointed and required ministerial approval after a nomination from the commune. However, in 2006 Cambodia held its first election for village chiefs.

City quarters (sangkat)

The capital (large urban areas - for example, Phnom Penh) is divided into districts called khan. These khan are further divided into quarters called sangkat which is the basic administrative level of local areas in the city.

History

In 1975 the Khmer Rouge government did away with all former Cambodian traditional administrative divisions. Instead of provinces, "Democratic Kampuchea
Democratic Kampuchea
The Khmer Rouge period refers to the rule of Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Khieu Samphan and the Khmer Rouge Communist party over Cambodia, which the Khmer Rouge renamed as Democratic Kampuchea....

" was divided into seven geographic zones: The Northwest, the North, the Northeast, the East, the Southwest, the West and the Center.

These zones were derived from divisions established by the Khmer Rouge when they fought against the Khmer Republic
Khmer Republic
The Khmer Republic or République Khmère, was the republican government of Cambodia that was formally declared on October 9, 1970. The Khmer Republic was disestablished in 1975 and was followed by the totalitarian communist state known as Democratic Kampuchea.-Background:Formally declared on October...

 led by general Lon Nol
Lon Nol
Lon Nol was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice, as well as serving repeatedly as Defense Minister...

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