Administrative divisions of Cambodia

Administrative divisions of Cambodia have several levels. Cambodia is divided into 24 provinces (Khmer: ខេត្ត, khaet) and the special administrative unit Phnom Penh (Khmer: ភ្នំពេញ). Though a different administrative unit, Phnom Penh is at province level, so de facto Cambodia has 25 provinces and municipality.

Administrative divisions
of Cambodia
First-level
Second-level
Third-level
Fourth-level
  • Village
Fifth-level
  • Block
"Khom" redirects here. For writing system, see Khom script.
"Khum" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Khum, Iran.

Each province is divided into Districts (Khmer: ស្រុក, Srok)- as of 2010 there are 159 districts and 12 districts in Phnom Penh (Khmer: ខណ្ឌ, Khan). Each province has one capital district (changed to "City/Town", Khmer: ក្រុង, Krong), e.g. for Siem Reap it's Srok Siem Reap. The exceptions are Banteay Meanchey, Kandal, Mondulkiri, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear Province and Rattanakiri, where the province and the capital district does not match.

A district (ស្រុក, srok) of a province is divided into "Communes" (Khmer: ឃុំ, Khum). A commune (Khmer: ឃុំ, Khum) is further divided into "Villages" (Khmer: ភូមិ, Phum).

In Phnom Penh the districts are called Khan (Khmer: ខណ្ឌ), and their subdivisions Sangkat (Khmer: សង្កាត់) which are smaller in the other provinces.

Sangkat are further subdivided into Phum (Khmer: ភូមិ), 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:

Level 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Type Autonomous municipality
(រាជធានី reach theani)		 Section
(ខណ្ឌ khan)		 Quartier
(សង្កាត់ sangkat)		 Village
(ភូមិ phum)		 Block
(ក្រុម krom)
Province
(ខេត្ត khaet)		 Municipality
(ក្រុង krong)		 Quarter
(សង្កាត់ sangkat)
District
(ស្រុក srok)		 Commune
(ឃុំ khum)

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 (Khmer: 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 (quarters), which are equivalent to khum (communes) 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, 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 is sometimes jokingly referred to as "The 25th Province" of Cambodia, because of the high population of Cambodian Americans that live there.

See also

References
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