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6-559: The district is subdivided into 7 communes ( khum ) and 49 villages ( phum ). Due to conflict, census enumeration could not be conducted in Samlout district during the 1998 Census. In 2021, Angelina Jolie told People Magazine that she plans to return to Cambodia to establish the next “Women for Bees” program in the Samlout region to raise awareness of conservation efforts. Women for Bees aims to train 50 women beekeepers within five years and build 2,500 hives in 25 UNESCO biosphere reserves around

12-539: Is at provincial level, so de facto Cambodia has 25 provinces and municipalities. Each province is divided into districts . As of 2023 , 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 , krong ; ក្រុង ), e.g. for Siem Reap, it is Krong Siem Reap . The exceptions are the provinces of Banteay Meanchey , Kampong Speu , Kandal , Koh Kong , Mondulkiri , Oddar Meanchey , Ratanakiri , Takéo and Tboung Khmum , where

18-430: Is divided into five administrative tiers, with different types of administrative unit on each tier: 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 ): In addition to

24-546: The name of the province and the capital district does not match. A provincial district ( srok , ស្រុក ) is divided into communes ( khum , ឃុំ ). Communes are further divided into villages ( phum , ភូមិ ). Phnom Penh's 14 districts are called khan ( ខណ្ឌ ) and their subdivisions sangkat ( សង្កាត់ ), 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. Officially, Cambodia

30-477: 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

36-458: The world, including Cambodia. This Cambodian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Khum Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Cambodia have several levels. Cambodia is divided into 24 provinces ( khaet ; Khmer : ខេត្ត ) and the special administrative unit and capital of Phnom Penh . Though a different administrative unit, Phnom Penh

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