Tboung Khmum Province
Tboung Khmum Province is located on the central lowlands of the Mekong River. It borders Kampong Cham Province to the west, Kratié Province to the north, Prey Veng province to the south, shares an international […]
The English term Province is certified since approximately 1,330 and derives from the ancient Roman in Latin called Provincia, which referred to the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire’s foreign territory (Roman’s territorial possessions outside Italy). A popular etymology is from Latin pro- (“on behalf of”) and Vincere (“to triumph” or “to take control of”). Therefore, a “province” would be a territory or function that a Roman magistrate held control of on behalf of his government. In fact, the word province is an ancient term from public law, which means: “office belonging to a magistrate”. This agrees with the Latin term’s earlier usage as a generic term for a jurisdiction under Roman law.
The provinces were established artificially by colonialism and others were formed by local groups based on their own ethnic identities. A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The power of a province is implemented differently based on a variety of systems of governments and laws. Many have their own powers independent of central or federal authority, especially in Canada and Pakistan. In other countries, like China or France, provinces are the creation of a central government, with very little autonomy.
In Cambodia, provinces are part of the government of Cambodia that is distributed into 25 provinces. There is an autonomous municipality, the capital Phnom Penh, which is equivalent to a province governmentally and administered at the same level as the other 24 provinces. They are the primary local government units and act as juristic persons.
They are divided into districts (in Khmer called Srok) which are further subdivided into communes (Khum) and villages (Phum), the next lower level of local government. The number of districts in each province varies, from two in the smallest provinces to 14 in Battambang, Prey Veng, and Siem Reap. In Phnom Penh, Districts are called Khans (normally written as addresses in English followed by the districts’ name, for example, Khan Daun Penh, literally Daun Penh District), and Communes are called Sangkats (normally written as addresses in English followed by the communes’ name, for example, Sangkat Tonle Bassac, literally Tonle Bassac Commune), respectively.
Here is the list of Provinces/Capital and their municipalities:
Each province is led by a governor, who is appointed by the central government meaning that one is nominated by the Ministry of Interior, subject to approval by the head of government-Prime Minister. Officially, Cambodia divided into 5 administrative levels, with different types of administrative unit on each level:
According to the documents of the General Department of Administration, Ministry of Interior (as of October 2024), The first-level administrative units is a total of 25 province-capital (Autonomous Municipality) that consists of 209 of Second-level administrative units (equally 14 Khans “Sections”, 33 cities/municipalities, and 163 districts), 1,652 of Third-level administrative units (equally 274 Sangkats “Quarters” and 1,383 communes), and 14,577 villages.
According to the General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019 issued by the National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, The capital Phnom Penh has both the highest population (2,281,951) and the highest population density (3,136 per square kilometer) of all provinces but is the second smallest in land area (679 per square kilometers). The largest province by area is Mondulkiri (14,288 square kilometers) and the smallest (336 square kilometers) is Kep which is also the least populated province (42,665 people). Mondulkiri has the lowest population density (6 per square kilometer).
Tboung Khmum Province is located on the central lowlands of the Mekong River. It borders Kampong Cham Province to the west, Kratié Province to the north, Prey Veng province to the south, shares an international […]
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