PRK

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PRK is the abbreviation for the People's Republic of Kampuchea, the socialist state that governed Cambodia from 1979 to 1989 following the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
PRK canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf socialist state ⓘ
alliedWith Socialist Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
capital Phnom Penh ⓘ
coatOfArmsDescription Angkor Wat with socialist symbols ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
countryCode KH ⓘ
currency Riel ⓘ
endDate 1989-04-29 ⓘ
establishedAfter Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia ⓘ
fall of the Khmer Rouge regime ⓘ
executiveBody Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
firstHeadOfGovernment Pen Sovan ⓘ
firstHeadOfState Heng Samrin ⓘ
flagDescription red field with yellow outline map of Cambodia and inscriptions ⓘ
followedBy State of Cambodia ⓘ
governmentType socialist republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Council of State ⓘ
historicalRegion Indochina ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
legalSystem socialist legal system ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of the People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
mainReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
notableHeadOfGovernment Chan Sy ⓘ
Hun Sen ⓘ
officialLanguage Khmer ⓘ
opposedBy Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge guerrillas ⓘ
linked to: Khmer Rouge
period Cold War ⓘ
politicalPartyInPower Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party ⓘ
precededBy Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
primarySecurityForce People's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Kampuchea ⓘ
reasonForCreation to replace Democratic Kampuchea after genocide ⓘ
recognizedBy Soviet bloc countries ⓘ
restoredInstitution Buddhist monastic order ⓘ
education system ⓘ
healthcare system ⓘ
shortName PRK ⓘ
standsFor People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
startDate 1979-01-07 ⓘ
successorParty Cambodian People's Party ⓘ
supportedBy Vietnam People's Army ⓘ
territoryIncludes Mekong River basin in Cambodia ⓘ
Phnom Penh ⓘ
Tonlé Sap region ⓘ
UNRepresentationHeldBy Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People's Republic of Kampuchea → shortName → PRK ⓘ
subject linked to: PRK