Hậu Giang province explained

Hậu Giang province
Native Name:	Tỉnh Hậu Giang
Native Name Lang:	vi
Type:	Province
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Coordinates:	9.7833°N 133°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Mekong Delta
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Vị Thanh
Leader Title:	People's Council Chair
Leader Name:	Trần Văn Huyến
Leader Title1:	People's Committee Chair
Leader Name1:	Đồng Văn Thanh
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	1622.23
Population Total:	1,029,500
Population As Of:	2022
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics Type1:	Demographics
Demographics1 Title1:	Ethnicities
Demographics1 Info1:	Vietnamese, Hoa, Chăm, Khmer
Demographics Type2:	GDP^[2]
Demographics2 Title1:	Total
Demographics2 Info1:	VND 29.763 trillion US$ 1.293 billion
Timezone:	ICT
Utc Offset:	+7
Area Code Type:	Area codes
Area Code:	293
Iso Code:	VN-73

Hậu Giang (pronounced as /vi/) is a province located in the Mekong Delta region in the southern part of Vietnam. Vị Thanh is the capital.

History

Until the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, the province included the city of Cần Thơ which was the provincial capital. In 1975, the province was renamed Cần Thơ province, with the city of Cần Thơ still the capital. In late 2004, Cần Thơ and some surrounding cities became Cần Thơ municipality (Thành Phố Cần Thơ). The remainder of Cần Thơ province became Hậu Giang province.

Hậu Giang has an industrial zone of 902 ha. There are 120 km of national roads: National Highway 61 (which leads to National Highway 1, going through Cần Thơ Municipality on the Hậu River to Ho Chi Minh City), and water connections by canal and river to the Hậu River.

An estimated 80% of the province will be underwater following a sea level rise relative to the current land elevation, which is subsiding over time.^[3]

Administrative divisions

Hậu Giang is subdivided into eight district-level sub-divisions:

• 5 districts:
  • • • Châu Thành Châu Thành A
        • • Long Mỹ Phụng Hiệp Vị Thủy

• 1 district-level town:
  • Long Mỹ
• 2 provincial cities:
  • Vị Thanh (capital)
  • Ngã Bảy

They are further subdivided into 11 commune-level towns (or townships), 51 communes, and 13 wards.

Notes and References

1. 18 October 2023. Decision. 3048/QĐ-BTNMT. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). Biểu số 4.6: Hiện trạng sử dụng đất vùng Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long năm 2022. Table 4.6: Current land use status in the Mekong Delta in 2022. vi. – the data in the report are in hectares, rounded to integers
2. Web site: Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Hậu Giang năm 2018. UBND tỉnh Hậu Giang. 10 May 2020.
3. Minderhoud . P. S. J. . Coumou . L. . Erkens . G. . Middelkoop . H. . Stouthamer . E. . Mekong delta much lower than previously assumed in sea-level rise impact assessments . Nature Communications . 2019 . 10 . 1 . 3847 . 10.1038/s41467-019-11602-1 . 31462638 . 6713785 . en . 2041-1723. free .