_#_Literacy: 35% (male 48%, female 22%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 2.5-3.0 million; agriculture 80% (1988 est.)

_#_Organized labor: Kampuchea Federation of Trade Unions (FSC); under
government control

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: none

_#_Type: disputed between the National Government of Cambodia (NGC)
led by Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK, and the State of Cambodia (SOC) led by
HENG SAMRIN

_#_Capital: Phnom Penh

_#_Administrative divisions: NGC--18 provinces (khet, singular and
plural) and 1 capital city* (rottatheanei);
Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang,
Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong,
Kracheh, Mondol Kiri, Phnum Penh*, Pouthisat, Preah
Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanokiri, Siemreab-Otdar
Meanchey, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev; note--the SOC adds
a province of Banteay Meanchey and an autonomous municipality of
Kampong Saom to the NGC administrative structure

_#_Independence: 9 November 1953 (from France)

_#_Constitution: SOC--27 June 1981

_#_National holidays: NGC--Independence Day, 17 April (1975);
SOC--Liberation Day, 7 January (1979)

_#_Executive branch: NGC--president, prime minister; SOC--chairman
of the Council of State, Council of State, chairman of the Council of
Ministers, Council of Ministers

_#_Legislative branch: NGC--none; SOC--unicameral National Assembly

_#_Judicial branch: NGC--none; SOC--Supreme People's Court

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State--NGC--President Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK
(since NA July 1982); SOC--Chairman of the Council of State HENG
SAMRIN (since 27 June 1981)

Head of Government--NGC--Prime Minister SON SANN (since NA July
1982);
SOC--Chairman of the Council of Ministers HUN SEN (since 14 January 1985)

_#_Political parties and leaders: NGC--three resistance groups
including:
Democratic Kampuchea (DK, also known as the Khmer Rouge) under KHIEU
SAMPHAN;
Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) under SON SANN;
and National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and
Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) under Prince NORODOM RANNARIDH;
SOC--Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) led by HENG SAMRIN

_#_Suffrage: NGC--none; SOC--universal at age 18

_#_Elections:

NGC--none;

SOC--National Assembly--last held 1 May 1981; in February 1986 the
Assembly voted to extend its term for five years; results--KPRP is the
only party;
seats--(123 tota