Kiên Giang province explained

Kiên Giang province
Native Name:Tỉnh Kiên Giang
Native Name Lang:vi
Type:Province
Image Map1:
Zoom:6
Frame-Width:280
Coordinates:10°N 115°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Mekong Delta
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Rạch Giá
Leader Title:People's Council Chair
Leader Name:Mai Văn Huỳnh
Leader Title1:People's Committee Chair
Leader Name1:Lâm Minh Thành
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:6352.02
Population Total:2,351,800
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Demographics
Demographics1 Title1:Ethnicities
Demographics1 Info1:Vietnamese, Khmer, Hoa
Demographics Type2:GDP[2]
Demographics2 Title1:Total
Demographics2 Info1:VND 87.284 trillion
US$ 3.791 billion
Timezone1:ICT
Utc Offset1:+7
Area Code Type:Area codes
Area Code:297
Iso Code:VN-47
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:91xxx–92xxx

Kiên Giang (in Vietnamese kiən˧˧ jaːŋ˧˧/) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 155miles from Ho Chi Minh City. Kiên Giang's area is 6352.02km2[1] and its population is about 1,634,043, of which 22 percent live in urban areas.

Kiên Giang is bordered with An Giang province in the northeast, Cần Thơ and Hậu Giang provinces in the east, Bạc Liêu province in the southeast and Cà Mau province in the south, and Kampot province of Cambodia (with the 33miles border) in the west, and the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest (with the 124miles coast).

According to survey results on April 1, 2009, Kiên Giang province's population is 1,683,149 people.

History

In 1774, Lord Nguyen Phuc Dang Khoat divided into 12 in the palace, but still leave the town of Hà Tiên, Mac Thien Tich style as Admiral rule.

By the reign of Minh Mạng, in 1832, Hà Tiên had become one of the six provinces of the south.

In 1876, Southern France divided into four big administrative regions, each region divided into smaller administrative sub-district or county take action (administratif arrondissement), Hà Tiên, the former being divided into two particle parameters are Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá. From January 1, 1900, two-particle parameters of Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá became provinces of Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá.

Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá were later merged into Kiên Giang. Kiên Giang had seven districts at the time: Hà Tiên, Kiên An, Kiên Bình, Kiên Lương, Kiên Tân, Kiên Thành and Phú Quốc.

Geography

General

Climate

Administrative divisions

Kiên Giang is subdivided into 13 district-level sub-divisions and two cities:

They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townships), 118 communes, and 15 wards.

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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 Kiên Giang năm 2018. Cục Thống kê tỉnh Kiên 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 .