Ca Mau (city)
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| Capital | Cà Mau |
| Region | Mekong Delta |
| Area | 5,201.5 km² |
| Demographics | |
| Population • Density |
1,200,800(2004) 230.86/km² |
| Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Khmer, Hoa, Tày |
| Calling code | 780 |
| ISO 3166-2 | VN-59 |
| Website | www.camau.gov.vn |
Cà Mau pronunciation is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Ca Mau Province - a province in the Mekong river delta region, in the southernmost part of Vietnam's inland territory. Vietnam's incumbent Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was born and raised here. The city is characterized by its system of transport canals and most goods are transported here by boats and barges. Population: approximately 100,000. The ethnic breakdown of its resisdents are: Vietnamese (the majority), Chinese, and a large population of ethinc Khmer. Ca Mau city is accessible by road (360 km south-west of Ho Chi Minh City) via Highway 1 A or by air (Ca Mau Airport).
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[edit] Economy
Main economic activities: Ca Mau is Vietnam's biggest exporter of shrimp and prawns. In 2005, Ca Mau province alone exported about $ 500 million worth of shrimp and prawns.
A large petroleum project is under construction here called the Ca Mau Gas Power Fertilizer Project, valued at $ 1.4 billion, including: 2 thermal power plants with total capacity of 1500 MW (equipment to be provided by the German company Siemens), a fertilizer plant which will produce 800,000 metric tonnes of urea/year, and a gas pipeline 18 inches in diameter to extend 298 km offshore and with 27 km onshore piping in gas from the PM3 gas field shared with Malaysia. Two million cubic meters of gas will be piped to feed these plants. The whole project is to be completed in 2009.
[edit] Tourism
Sightseeing: several wild bird parks inside the city, the southernmost point in Vietnam (Mui Ca Mau), Khmer pagodas, and nearby Ca Mau is the U Minh area with its famous mangrove forest and swamp Cuisine: fish hotpots, Vietnamese, Chinese and Khmer cuisine - Ca Mau has several 1 to 3-star hotel restaurants.
[edit] History
The region of the present Ca Mau province was once a territory of the Kingdom of Funan (in Vietnamese: Vương quốc Phù Nam), which included Laos, Cambodia, and extended east to Thailand, and southern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Nam Bộ). This region later became a part of th Chan La Kingdom (in Vietnamese: Chân Lạp) and the Khmer Kingdom, which included Cambodia, eastern Thailand, and southern Vietnam. In 1757, the land belonging to Ca Mau province (in Khmer language "the black land") was ceded by the Chan La king to the Nguyen Lord of Vietnam with an early settlement of Khmer, Chinese and Vietnamese. During the French coloninal period, Ca Mau was a only a small town. During Vietnam War, the area nearby Ca Mau was a stronghold (in Vietnamese: Chiến khu cách mạng) for the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam also known as the "Viet Cong," a back-Hanoi guerrilla group fighting the United States Army and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War. After 1975, Ca Mau was made the administrative seat and the governmental center of Minh Hai province, which included Ca Mau and Bac Lieu province). In 1995, Ca Mau province broke off from Minh Hai province with Ca Mau its capital. In 1999, the prime minister by a decree recognized Ca Mau (in Vietnamese: Thị xã) as a city - Ca Mau city (3rd class city as per Vietnamese laws).
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