Long-form name: none

Type: disputed

Capital: Phnom Penh

Administrative divisions: 18 provinces (khet, singular and plural) and 1 autonomous municipality* (rottatheanei, singular and plural); Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Kracheh, Mondol Kiri, Phnum Penh*, Pouthisat, Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanokiri, Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev; note--there may be a new province of Banteay Meanchey and Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey may have been divided into two provinces named Siemreab and Otdar Meanchey

Independence: 9 November 1953 (from France)

Constitution: 27 June 1981

National holidays: DK Independence Day, 17 April (1975); PRK Liberation Day, 7 January (1979)

Branches: PRK--unicameral legislature (National Assembly); highest authority of the land is technically the Council of State, whose chairman serves as the country's president; Council of Ministers oversees implementation of party policies--chairman is equivalent of premier

Leaders: @m5Chief of State PRK--Chairman of the Council of State HENG SAMRIN (since 27 June 1981); CGDK--President Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK (since NA July 1982); @m5Head of Government--PRK Chairman of the Council of Ministers HUN SEN (since 14 January 1985); CGDK--Prime Minister SON SANN (since NA July 1982); Vice President in Charge of Foreign Affairs KHIEU SAMPHAN (since NA July 1982)

Suffrage: none

Elections: none

Political parties and leaders: PRK--Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party, the Communist party installed by Vietnam in 1979; CGDK--an umbrella organization for three resistance groups, including Democratic Kampuchea under Khieu Samphan, Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) under Son Sann, and National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) under Prince Norodom Sihanouk

Member of: ADB, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IRC, ITU, Mekong Committee (inactive), NAM, UN, UNE SCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO for CGDK; none for PRK

Diplomatic representation: none

Flag: @m5Democratic Kampuchea--red with the yellow silhouette of a stylized three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat in the center; @m5Noncommunists--three horizontal bands of blue, red (double width), and blue with a white stylized temple representing Angkor Wat centered on the red band; @m5People's Republic of Kampuchea--red with the yellow silhouette of a stylized five-towered temple representing Angkor Wat in the center

NOTE: The information regarding Cambodia on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cambodia Government 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cambodia Government 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.