Tiền Giang Province

Tiền Giang Province
Tỉnh Tiền Giang
Province
Nickname(s): Anterior River

Location of Tiền Giang within Vietnam
Coordinates: 10°25′N 106°10′E / 10.417°N 106.167°E / 10.417; 106.167Coordinates: 10°25′N 106°10′E / 10.417°N 106.167°E / 10.417; 106.167
Country  Vietnam
Region Mekong Delta
Capital Mỹ Tho
Government
 • People's Council Chair Nguyễn Văn Danh
 • People's Committee Chair Lê Văn Hưởng
Area
 • Total 2,367 km2 (914 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 1,635,700
 • Density 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnicities Vietnamese, Tày
Time zone UTC+7 (ICT)
Calling code 0273
ISO 3166 code VN-46
Website www.tiengiang.gov.vn

Tiền Giang ( listen) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.

Administrative divisions

Tiền Giang is subdivided into 11 district-level sub-divisions:

  • 8 districts:
  • 2 district-level towns:

They are further subdivided into seven commune-level towns (or townlets), 144 communes, and 22 wards.

Notable people from Tiền Giang

  1. Empress Dowager Từ Dũ (1810–1902), mother of the Nguyễn Dynasty's Emperor Tự Đức
  2. Empress Nam Phương (1914–63), consort of Emperor Bảo Đại, the second and last empress consort of the Nguyễn Dynasty
  3. Nguyễn Hữu Huân (1830–75), a scholar and leader of an anti-French colonialist movement in Cochinchina
  4. Nguyễn Thị Thập (1908–96), Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1960–75), and Chairwoman of the Women's Federation of Vietnam (1956–74)
  5. Trương Mỹ Hoa (1945-...), Vice President of Vietnam (2002–07), Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1997–2002), Chairwoman of the Women's Federation of Vietnam (1992–98)
  6. Lê Thanh Hải (1950-...), member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City's Communist Party Committee (2006-date)
  7. Viet Khang (1973-), Vietnamese song writer and singer, now arrested and held in captivity, for his songs that highly criticized the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  8. Nguyen Minh Phong, Vietnam's Next Top Model (cycle 7) top five alumnus.
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