Sóc Trăng province | |||||
Native Name: | |||||
Native Name Lang: | vi | ||||
Type: | Province | ||||
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Coordinates: | 9.6667°N 155°W | ||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||
Subdivision Name1: | Mekong Delta | ||||
Seat Type: | Capital | ||||
Seat: | Sóc Trăng | ||||
Leader Title: | People's Council Chair | ||||
Leader Name: | Lâm Văn Mẫn | ||||
Leader Title1: | People's Committee Chair | ||||
Leader Name1: | Trần Văn Lâu | ||||
Area Footnotes: | [1] | ||||
Area Total Km2: | 3298.20 | ||||
Population Total: | 1,797,800 | ||||
Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||
Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
Demographics Type1: | Demographics | ||||
Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnicities | ||||
Demographics1 Info1: | Vietnamese (64.83%),[2] Khmer, Hoa | ||||
Demographics Type2: | GDP[3] | ||||
Demographics2 Title1: | Total | ||||
Demographics2 Info1: | VND 49.346 trillion US$ 2.143 billion | ||||
Timezone1: | ICT | ||||
Utc Offset1: | +7 | ||||
Area Code Type: | Area codes | ||||
Area Code: | 299 | ||||
Iso Code: | VN-64 |
Sóc Trăng (in Vietnamese ʂawk͡p̚˧˦ ʈaŋ˧˧/; Central Khmer: ស្រុកឃ្លាំង, in Central Khmer pronounced as /srok kʰleaŋ/;) is a province in the Mekong Delta of Southern Vietnam, with its capital in Sóc Trăng. The province occupies an area of 3298.2km2[1] and has a population of approximately 1,213,400.
The name Sóc Trăng comes from the Khmer name of the area ស្រុកឃ្លាំង Central Khmer: Srok Khleang, which means Land of depositories or Place to store silver. The Vietnamese transliteration gave Sốc Kha Lang and later Sóc Trăng.[4] [5]
Sóc Trăng province lies roughly between 9°14'N and 9°56'N latitude and between 105°34'E and 106°18'E longitude. It is bordered by Trà Vinh to the northeast, Vĩnh Long to the north, Hậu Giang to the northwest and Bạc Liêu to the south. To the south east of Sóc Trăng is 72km (45miles) of coastline of the South China Sea. The province has two large rivers: the Hậu River and the Mỹ Thanh River. The capital of Sóc Trăng province is Sóc Trăng city. It is 231km (144miles) from Hồ Chí Minh City.
Sóc Trăng is subdivided into 11 district-level sub-divisions:
They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townlets), 80 communes, and 17 wards.