Key facts
- 1972
- Sơn Ngọc Thành
- 1973
- In Tam
- 1975
- Saukam Khoy (acting)
- Capital and largest city
- Phnom Penh
- Official languages
- Khmer French
- Religion
- Buddhism ( official )
- Government
- Unitary semi-presidential republic under a military dictatorship
- 1970 1972
- Cheng Heng
- 1972 1975
- Lon Nol
- 1970 1971
- Lon Nol
- 1971 1972
- Sisowath Sirik Matak
- 1972 1973
- Hang Thun Hak
- 1973 1975
- Long Boret
- Legislature
- Parliament
- Upper house
- Senate
- Lower house
- National Assembly
- Coup d tat
- 18 March 1970
- Republic proclaimed
- 9 October 1970
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sovereign state
- Country
- Khmer Republic
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Phnom Penh
- Official language
- Khmer
- Currency
- riel
- Population
- 7000000
- Area
- 181035
- Head of state
- Sak Sutsakhan
- Form of government
- super-presidential republic
- Shares border with
- Thailand
- Followed by
- Democratic Kampuchea
- Follows
- Kingdom of Cambodia
- Motto
- Свобода, равенство, братство, прогресс и счастье
- Flag
- flag of Cambodia
- Coat of arms
- Royal Coat of Arms of Cambodia
- Significant event
- Cambodian Civil War
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- short name
- Камбоджа
- topic's main category
- Category:Khmer Republic
- Commons category
- Khmer Republic
- inception
- 1970-10-09
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1975-04-17
- native label
- សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ
- office held by head of government
- Prime Minister of Cambodia
- member of
- United Nations
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Cambodia
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofCambodia
The Khmer Republic (Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ, Sathearonaroat Khmae; French: République khmère) was a Cambodian state under the United States-backed military dictatorship of Marshal Lon Nol from 1970 to 1975. Its establishment was formally declared on 9 October 1970, following the 18 March 1970 coup d'état which saw the overthrow of Norodom Sihanouk's government and the abolition of the federalist Cambodian monarchy in favour of a centralised republic as he fled to Pyongyang and later Beijing in exile.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khmer Republic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.