Democratic Kampuchea
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Key facts
- 1976
- Khieu Samphan (acting)
- Capital and largest city
- Phnom Penh , 11°34′10″N 104°55′16″E / 11.56944°N 104.92111°E / 11.56944; 104.92111
- Official languages
- Khmer
- Official script
- Khmer
- Religion
- State atheism
- Demonym
- Khmer
- Government
- Totalitarian unitary communist state
- 1975 1979
- Pol Pot
- 1975 1976
- Norodom Sihanouk
- 1976 1979
- Khieu Samphan
- Legislature
- People's Representative Assembly
- Historical era
- Cold War
- Khmer rouge capture of phnom penh
- 17 April 1975
- Constitution established
- 5 January 1976
- Start of vietnamese invasion
- 21 December 1978
- Vietnamese capture of phnom penh
- 7 January 1979
- Cgdk established
- 22 June 1982
- Total
- 181.035 km (69.898 sq mi) ( 89th )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- unitary state
- Demonym
- кампучийка
- Religion
- state atheism
- Country
- Cambodia
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Phnom Penh
- Official language
- Khmer
- Currency
- Vietnamese đồng
- Population
- 6000000
- Area
- 181040
- Head of government
- Pol Pot
- Head of state
- Khieu Samphan
- Form of government
- parliamentary republic
- Legislature
- Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly
- Anthem
- Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey
- Shares border with
- Laos
- Followed by
- People's Republic of Kampuchea
- Follows
- Khmer Republic
- Flag
- flag of Cambodia
- Coat of arms
- Royal Coat of Arms of Cambodia
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- short name
- DK
- official religion
- atheism
- Commons category
- Democratic Kampuchea
- topic's main category
- Category:Democratic Kampuchea
- inception
- 1976-01-05
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1979-01-07
- IPA transcription
- [kɑːmpuciə‿prɔːcaːtʰipːɑteːj]
- native label
- កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ
- member of
- Non-Aligned Movement
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Cambodia
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofCambodia
Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1975 to 1979, under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge's capture of the capital Phnom Penh in 1975 effectively ended the United States-backed Khmer Republic under Prime Minister and later President Lon Nol.
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