Three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (double width), and blue with a white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat outlined in black in the center of the red band.
24 provinces (khett, singular and plural) and 1 municipality* (krong, singular and plural): Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Kampong Thom, Kampot, Kandal, Kep, Koh Kong, Kratie, Mondolkiri, Oddar Meanchey, Pailin, Phnom Penh*, Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Pursat, Ratanakiri, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Stung Treng, Svay Rieng, Takeo, and Tbong Khmum.
Population:
13,995,904 (July 2007 est.) Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
Languages:
Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
Geographic coordinates:
13° 00' N, 105° 00' E
Area total:
181,040 sq. km
Land area:
176,520 sq. km
Water area:
4,520 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
2,572 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km
Coastline:
443 km
Elevation extremes:
Gulf of Thailand 0 m - Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
Internet country code:
.kh
Currency:
riel (KHR)
Name - conventional long form:
Kingdom of Cambodia
Name - conventional short form:
Cambodia
Name - local long form:
Preahreacheanachakr Kampuchea
Name - local short form:
Kampuchea
Former name:
Khmer Republic, Kampuchea Republic
Independence:
9 November 1953 (from France)
Constitution:
promulgated 21 September 1993
Government type:
multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy established in September 1993