Provinces of Cambodia

Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces (Template:Langx, Template:Transliteration Template:IPA). The capital Phnom Penh is not a province but an "autonomous municipality" (Template:Langx, Template:Transliteration Template:IPA; lit. 'capital'), equivalent to a province governmentally and administered at the same level as the other 24 provinces.

Phnom Penh has both the highest population and the highest population density of all provinces, but is the second smallest in land area. The largest province by area is Mondulkiri and the smallest is Kep which is also the least populated province. Mondulkiri has the lowest population density.

Each province is administered by a governor, who is nominated by the Ministry of Interior, subject to approval by the Prime Minister.

Provinces are divided into districts (Template:Lang, srŏk). The districts in Phnom Penh are called khan (Template:Lang) normally written as for addresses in English followed by the districts' names (Ex: Khan Chamkar Mon; lit. 'Chamkar Mon District'). The number of districts in each province varies, from two in the smallest provinces to 14 in Battambang, Prey Veng, and Siem Reap. Further subdivision levels are communes (Template:Lang khum), and further subdivided into villages (Template:Lang, phum). In Phnom Penh, sangkat (Template:Lang) is used in the place of khum and, similar to khan, normally preferred for writing addresses in English (Ex: Sangkat Mittapheap; lit. 'Mittapheap Commune').

List of provinces

Seal	Name	Khmer	UNGEGN	Capital (seat)	Population (2024)<ref name="census2024">Template:Cite web</ref>	Area (km2)<ref name="census2024" />	Density	ISO
	Banteay Meanchey	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Serei Saophoan Municipality	898,484	6,679	135	KH-1
	Battambang	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Battambang Municipality	1,132,017	11,702	97	KH-2
	Kampong Cham	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Kampong Cham Municipality	1,062,914	4,549	234	KH-3
	Kampong Chhnang	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Kampong Chhnang Municipality	604,895	5,521	110	KH-4
	Kampong Speu	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Chbar Mon Municipality	924,175	7,017	132	KH-5
	Kampong Thom	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Steung Saen Municipality	807,254	13,814	58	KH-6
	Kampot	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Kampot Municipality	682,987	4,873	140	KH-7
	Kandal	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Ta Khmau Municipality	1,352,198	3,179	425	KH-8
	Kep	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Kep Municipality	48,772	336	145	KH-23
	Koh Kong	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Khemarak Phoumin Municipality	140,962	10,090	14	KH-9
	Kratié	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Kratié Municipality	441,078	11,094	40	KH-10
	Mondulkiri	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Senmonorom Municipality	93,657	14,288	7	KH-11
	Oddar Meanchey	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Samraong Municipality	267,703	6,158	43	KH-22
	Pailin	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Pailin Municipality	79,445	803	99	KH-24
	Phnom Penh	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Doun Penh Section	2,352,851	679	3,465	KH-12
	Preah Sihanouk	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Sihanoukville Municipality	234,702	1,938	121	KH-18
	Preah Vihear	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Tbaeng Meanchey Municipality	249,973	13,788	18	KH-13
	Prey Veng	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Prey Veng Municipality	1,277,867	4,883	273	KH-14
	Pursat	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Pursat Municipality	516,072	12,692	41	KH-15
	Ratanakiri	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Banlung Municipality	235,852	10,782	22	KH-16
	Siem Reap	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Siem Reap Municipality	1,099,825	10,299	107	KH-17
	Stung Treng	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Stung Treng Municipality	176,488	11,092	16	KH-19
	Svay Rieng	Template:Lang	Template:Transliteration	Svay Rieng Municipality	613,159	2,966	207	KH-20
	Takéo	Template:Lang		Doun Kaev Municipality	1,097,243	3,563	308	KH-21
	Tboung Khmum	Template:Lang		Suong Municipality	889,970	5,250	170	KH-25

History

• 1974: The Khmer Rouge government did away with the former Cambodian traditional administrative divisions. Instead of provinces, Democratic Kampuchea was divided into seven geographic zones (Template:Langx, Template:Transliteration): the Northwest, the North, the Northeast, the East, the Southwest, the West, and the Centre. These zones were derived from divisions established by the Khmer Rouge when they fought against the Khmer Republic during the Cambodian Civil War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2008: On 22 December 2008, King Norodom Sihamoni signed a decree that changed the municipalities of Kep, Pailin and Sihanoukville into provincial municipalities, as well as adjusting several provincial borders.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013: On 31 December 2013, King Norodom Sihamoni signed a decree that split Kampong Cham into two provinces: Kampong Cham (west of the Mekong River) and Tboung Khmum (east of the Mekong River).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2018: In September 2018, Interior Minister Sar Kheng proposed establishing two more provinces, with areas taken from Kandal, Mondulkiri, and Ratanakiri.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Prime Minister Hun Sen rejected the plan.

See also

• List of Cambodian provinces by Human Development Index
• Administrative divisions of Cambodia
• List of districts, municipalities and sections in Cambodia
• List of communes in Cambodia
• ISO 3166-2:KH

External links

• Statoid site