Trà Vinh Province

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Trà Vinh Province
Tỉnh Trà Vinh
Province
Location of Trà Vinh within Vietnam
Location of Trà Vinh within Vietnam
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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 ICT (UTC+7)
Calling code 74
ISO 3166 code VN-51
Website travinh.gov.vn

Trà Vinh (<phonos file="Tra Vinh.ogg">listen</phonos>) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The capital is Trà Vinh Town.

Administrative divisions

Trà Vinh is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions:

  • 7 districts:

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They are further subdivided into 11 commune-level towns (or townlets), 85 communes, and 9 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 07/05/2009, Trang tin điện tử của – Ủy ban Dân tộc

External links

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