Trà Vinh Province

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Tra Vinh Province
Tỉnh Trà Vinh
—  Province  —
Location of Trà Vinh within Vietnam
Coordinates: 9°50′N 106°15′E / 9.833°N 106.250°E / 9.833; 106.250Coordinates: 9°50′N 106°15′E / 9.833°N 106.250°E / 9.833; 106.250
Country  Vietnam
Region Mekong Delta
Capital Trà Vinh
Government
 • People's Council Chair
 • People's Committee Chair Trần Hoàn Kim
Area
 • Total 2,215.1 km2 (855.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,015,800
 • Density Bad rounding here460/km2 (Bad rounding here1,200/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnicities Vietnamese (68.35%)
Khmer (30.00%)
Hoa (1.65%)[1]
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Calling code 74
ISO 3166 code VN-51
Website travinh.gov.vn

Trà Vinh (About this sound listen) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The capital is Trà Vinh Town.

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Administrative divisions [edit]

Tra Vinh province comprises one town (Trà Vinh) and seven districts:

  1. Càng Long
  2. Châu Thành
  3. Cầu Kè
  4. Tiểu Cần
  5. Cầu Ngang
  6. Trà Cú
  7. Duyên Hải

Demographics [edit]

Besides having mostly Vietnamese, Trà Vinh is populated with many members of the Khmer Krom ethnic group. They are partly members of the old Khmer Empire, later divided under political and historical turmoil. Trà Vinh also has one of the largest ethnic Hoa (Chinese) communities in Vietnam.

Name [edit]

Although the name is believed to derive from the Khmer language, it was formerly written in Vietnamese records as . The Khmer name for this province is Preah Trapeang (Khmer: ព្រះត្រពាំង).

References [edit]

  1. ^ TỈNH TRÀ VINH 07/05/2009, Trang tin điện tử của – Ủy ban Dân tộc

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