Thới Bình district | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Native Name: | Huyện Thới Bình |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Cà Mau |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Thới Bình |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 631 |
Population As Of: | 2019 census |
Population Total: | 135,892 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 10,032 |
Timezone: | Indochina Time |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Thới Bình is a rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2019 the district had a population of 135,892.[1] [2] The district covers an area of 631 km². The district capital lies at Thới Bình.[2] Thới Bình borders U Minh district to the west, Kiên Giang province to the north, Bạc Liêu province to the east and northeast, and Cà Mau to the south.
As a district in the Cà Mau Peninsula and Mekong Delta, Thới Bình is typical of the area, with low-lying and salty floodplains. Part of the district lies in the U Minh Thượng National Park. The main economic activity in the district is aquaculture, particularly prawn and blue crab farming. Trẹm River, a tributary of the Ông Đốc River, is the only waterway flowing through this district.
The district is subdivided into 12 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of Thới Bình and the rural communes of Biển Bạch, Biển Bạch Đông, Hồ Thị Kỷ, Tân Bằng, Tân Lộc, Tân Lộc Bắc, Tân Lộc Đông, Tân Phú, Trí Lực and Trí Phải.