Kien Giang Province
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Provinces of Vietnam |
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Administration | |
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People's Council Chair | Trương Quốc Tuấn |
People's Committee Chair | Bùi Ngọc Sương |
Geography | |
Capital | Rạch Giá |
Region | Mekong Delta |
Area | 6,299 km² |
Demographics | |
Population • Density |
1,634,043(2004) 259.4/km² |
Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Khmer, Hoa |
Calling code | 773 |
ISO 3166-2 | VN-47 |
Website | www.kiengiang.gov.vn |
Kiên Giang pronunciation (Hán tự: 堅江) is a southern province of Vietnam known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital city is Rach Gia.
Kien Giang's dimension is about 6.299 km² and its population is about 1,634,043, of which 22 percent live in the urban area. Kien Giang is bordered with An Giang Province in the northeast, Can Tho and Hau Giang in the east, Bac Lieu in the southeast and Ca Mau in the south, and Kampot Province (Cambodia) in the west.
[edit] Administrative divisions
Kien Giang is divided into one city (Rạch Giá), one town (Hà Tiên), and twelve districts (huyện) :
- An Biên
- An Minh
- Châu Thành
- Giồng Riềng
- Gò Quao
- Hòn Đất
- Kiên Hải
- Kiên Lương
- Phú Quốc
- Tân Hiệp
- Vĩnh Thuận
- U Minh Thượng
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