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_#_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
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