Kon Tum Province

Kon Tum Province
Tỉnh Kon Tum
Province

Location of Kon Tum within Vietnam
Coordinates: 14°45′N 107°55′E / 14.750°N 107.917°E / 14.750; 107.917Coordinates: 14°45′N 107°55′E / 14.750°N 107.917°E / 14.750; 107.917
Country  Vietnam
Region Central Highlands
Capital Kon Tum
Area
 • Total 9,614.5 km2 (3,712.2 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 432,900
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnicities Vietnamese, Xơ Đăng, Ba Na, Giẻ Triêng, Ra Glai
Time zone UTC+7 (ICT)
Calling code 60
ISO 3166 code VN-28
Website www.kontum.gov.vn

Kon Tum Province lies in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam and shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,934 square km and a population of approximately 330,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.

Name

The name Kon Tum comes from the name of a village of the Bahnar ethnic group. In the Bahnar language, kon means "village" and tum means "pool". Prior to the adoption of the Vietnamese alphabet in the 1920s, the name was rendered as 崑嵩.

Administrative divisions

Kon Tum is subdivided into ten district-level sub-divisions:

Second Tier
subdivisions		 Area
(km²)		 Third Tier subdivisions
Ward Township Commune
Kon Tum city432.981011
Đắk Glei District1495.26111
Đắk Hà District844.47110
Đắk Tô District509.2418
Ia H'Drai District980.133
Kon Plông District1381.209
Kon Rẫy District886.6016
Ngọc Hồi District824.0017
Sa Thầy District1435.22110
Tu Mơ Rông District857.1811

They are further subdivided into six commune-level towns (or townlets), 83 communes, and 10 wards.

Geography

Neighboring provinces are Quảng Nam to the north, Quảng Ngãi to the east and Gia Lai to the south. The capital city is Kon Tum.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Kon Tum Province include the Viet, Ba Na, Brau, Giẻ Triêng, Jarai, Rơ Măm, and Xo Dang.

Notable residents

See also

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