Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Cambodia have several levels. Cambodia is divided into 24

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

(''khaet''; ) and the special administrative unit and capital of

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...

. Though a different administrative unit, Phnom Penh is at provincial 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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

s. , there are 162 districts throughout the country's provinces, including Phnom Penh. Each province has one capital district (known as either a city or town, ; ), e.g. for Siem Reap, it is ''Krong Siem Reap''. The exceptions are the provinces of

Banteay Meanchey Banteay Meanchey (, , ) is a province of Cambodia located in the far northwest. It borders the provinces of Oddar Meanchey to the north, Siem Reap to the east, Battambang to the south, and shares an international border with Thailand to the we ...

, Kampong Speu, Kandal, Koh Kong, Mondulkiri, Oddar Meanchey, Ratanakiri, Takéo and Tboung Khmum, where the name of the province and the capital district does not match. A provincial district (, ) is divided into

communes 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 ...

(, ). Communes are further divided into villages (, ). Phnom Penh's 14 districts are called () and their subdivisions (), 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 five 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 (): * 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 ...

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 business corridor along Anaheim Street between Atlantic and Junipero avenues in the Eastside of Long Beach, California. The area has numerous Cambodia ...

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

References

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Administrative units

Local administration

Informal subdivisions

See also

References

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