Politics
- Conventional Long Form Name: Kingdom of Cambodia
- Capital City: Phnom Penh
- Type of Government: multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
- Date of Independence: November 9, 1953 (from France)
- National Holiday: Independence Day; November 9, 1953
- Chief of State: King Norodom Sihamoni
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Hun Sen
- Executive Branch/Powers: Legislative Branch/Powers:
- Judicial Branch/Powers: Supreme Court (organized into 5- and 9-judge panels and includes a court chief and deputy chief); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members)
- Ambassador to the US: Ambassador Heng Hem
- Embassy in the US: 4530 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
- Consulates in the US: N/A
- US Ambassador to Cambodia: Ambassador William E. Todd
- US Embassy in Cambodia: #1, Street 96, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh
- US Consulates in Cambodia: N/A
- UN Representative: N/A
- Description of Symbolism of Flag: 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; red and blue are traditional Cambodian colors
- National Symbol: Angkor Wat temple; kouprey (wild ox)
- Description of International Disputes: Cambodia is concerned about Laos' extensive upstream dam construction; Cambodia and Thailand dispute sections of boundary; in 2011 Thailand and Cambodia resorted to arms in the dispute over the location of the boundary on the precipice surmounted by Preah Vihear Temple ruins, awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in 1962 and part of a UN World Heritage site; Cambodia accuses Vietnam of a wide variety of illicit cross-border activities; progress on a joint development area with Vietnam is hampered by an unresolved dispute over sovereignty of offshore islands
- Quantity of Refugees inside Country and Country of Origin of Refugees: N/A
- Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: N/A
- Quantity of Stateless Persons: N/A
- Description of Human Trafficking issues: Cambodia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; Cambodian men, women, and children migrate to countries within the region for legitimate work but are subsequently subjected to sex trafficking, domestic servitude, debt bondage, or forced labor; the inability to understand formal obligations, read contracts, or pay processing fees, and inadequate government regulatory oversight renders some Cambodian migrant workers vulnerable to such exploitation; poor Cambodian children are subject to forced labor, including forced begging in Thailand and Vietnam; Cambodian and ethnic Vietnamese women and girls are trafficked from rural areas to urban centers for sexual exploitation; Cambodian men are the main exploiters of child prostitutes, but men from other Asian countries, the US, and Europe travel to Cambodia for child sex tourism
- Illicit Drug trafficking/use: narcotics-related corruption reportedly involving some in the government, military, and police; limited methamphetamine production; vulnerable to money laundering due to its cash-based economy and porous borders
Flag of Cambodia
- Description of Symbolism of Flag: 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; red and blue are traditional Cambodian colors
- National Symbol: Angkor Wat temple; kouprey (wild ox)
King Norodom Sihamoni
- Chief of State
Prime Minister Hun Sen
- Head of Government