Trà Vinh Province

Trà 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 Committee Chair Trần Hoàn Kim
Area
 • Total 2,215.1 km2 (855.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,015,800
 • Density 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnicities Vietnamese (68.35%)
Khmer (30.00%)
Hoa (1.65%)[1]
Time zone UTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes 294
ISO 3166 code VN-51
Website www.travinh.gov.vn

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

Administrative divisions

Trà Vinh is subdivided into nine district-level sub-divisions:

  • 7 districts:

They are further subdivided into 11 commune-level towns (or townlets), 85 communes, and nine wards.

Demographics

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.

References

  1. ↑ TỈNH TRÀ VINH Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. 07/05/2009, Trang tin điện tử của – Ủy ban Dân tộc
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