French protectorate of Cambodia
Kingdom of Cambodia | |||||||||||||
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(1863–1948) | |||||||||||||
Anthem: នគររាជ
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Cambodia within French Indochina | |||||||||||||
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| Government | Elective absolute monarchy within the French empire (1863–1947) Elective dominant-party parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy within the French Union (1947–1953) | ||||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1863–1904 (first) | Norodom | ||||||||||||
• 1904–1927 | Sisowath | ||||||||||||
• 1927–1941 | Sisowath Monivong | ||||||||||||
• 1941–1953 (last) | Norodom Sihanouk | ||||||||||||
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• 1863–1866 (first) | Ernest de Lagrée | ||||||||||||
• 1953 (last) | Jean Risterucci | ||||||||||||
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• 1945 (first) | Norodom Sihanouk | ||||||||||||
• 1953 (last) | Penn Nouth | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament (1947–1953) | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||
• Establishment | 11 August 1863 | ||||||||||||
| 17 October 1887 | |||||||||||||
| 13 February 1904 | |||||||||||||
| 23 March 1907 | |||||||||||||
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| 13 March 1945 | |||||||||||||
• Reestablished | 16 October 1945 | ||||||||||||
• Constitution | 6 May 1947 | ||||||||||||
| 9 November 1953 | |||||||||||||
| 21 July 1954 | |||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1931 | 2,803,000 | ||||||||||||
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| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (ICT) | ||||||||||||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) | ||||||||||||
| Calling code | +855 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Cambodia | ||||||||||||
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The French protectorate of Cambodia (Khmer: ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្រោមអាណាព្យាបាលបារាំង; French: Protectorat français du Cambodge) refers to the Kingdom of Cambodia when it was a French protectorate within French Indochina, a collection of Southeast Asian protectorates within the French colonial empire. The protectorate was established in 1863 when the Cambodian King Norodom requested the establishment of a French protectorate over his country, meanwhile Siam (modern Thailand) renounced suzerainty over Cambodia and officially recognised the French protectorate on Cambodia.
Cambodia was integrated into the French Indochina union in 1887 along with the French colonies and protectorates in Laos and Vietnam (Cochinchina, Annam, and Tonkin). In 1947, Cambodia was granted self-rule within the French Union and had its protectorate status removed in 1949. Cambodia later gained independence. The day was celebrated as Independence Day on 9 November 1953.