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Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .
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Note: This section last updated 3rd April 2021
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(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)
The national language is Central Khmer , spoken by some 90% of the population. 16 other languages are spoken, the main ones being Western Cham (220 000 speakers) and Mandarin Chinese (340 000 speakers).
Note: This section last updated 9th January 2016
Personal names tend to follow the pattern
family name[ ]given name(s).
Women retain their maiden names after marriage.
Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles
Note: This section last updated 7th April 2020
Streets are often numbered:
#18 Street 102
As can been seen in the examples above, addresses without postal codes require more information that those with postal codes. Sangkat means “quarter”, khan indicates a city district, phoum means “village”, khum means "commune", krong means "munipality", srok is a provincial district and khet means “province”.
The postal code is written after the settlement name.
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
Note: This section last updated 7th April 2020
Cambodia introduced a 5-digit postal code in 1997, and this has now been upgraded to a 6-digit code, probably in 2018. The codes range from 010000 to 250702. Postal code zones correspond to a great extent to administrative districts – see table in the section Administrative districts.
The first two digits indicate the province, the next two the district or municipality, and the final two the commune or urban area.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
\A((0-1)\d{5,5}|(2)[0-4]\d{4,4}|(25)[0-9][0-7][0-9][0-9])\Z
Note: This section last updated 9th November 2015
For full other-language place name lists, please refer to Exonyms -> Place Names in Cambodia in the appendices.
Note: This section last updated 7th April 2020
Cambodia has 24 provinces (khet or khett, singular and plural) and 1 municipality (krong, singular and plural, shown in the list below with an asterisk). Province names are not used in addresses:
Province | Postal code zone |
Banteay Mean Cheay | 01 |
Bătdâmbâng | 02 |
Kâmpóng Cham | 03 |
Kâmpóng Chhnăng | 04 |
Kâmpóng Spoe | 05 |
Kâmpóng Thum | 06 |
Kâmpôt | 07 |
Kandal | 08 |
Kaoh Kong | 09 |
Keb | 22 |
Krâchéh | 10 |
Mondol Kiri | 11 |
Otdar Mean Cheay | 24 |
Pailin | 23 |
Phnum Penh * | 12 |
Pŏuthĭsăt | 15 |
Preah Seihanu (Sihanoukville) | 18 |
Preah Vihear | 13 |
Prey Veng | 14 |
Rotanah Kiri | 16 |
Siem Réab | 17 |
Steung Trêng | 19 |
Svay Rieng | 20 |
Takev | 21 |
Tbong Khmum | 25 |
This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file
Cambodian area codes have 2 digits (when called from abroad) and subscriber numbers have 6 digits. Mobile numbers commence with 1 or 9.
Every effort is made to keep this resource updated. If you find any errors, or have any questions or requests, please don't hesitate to contact the author.
All information copyright Graham Rhind 2024. Any information used should be acknowledged and referenced.