Kiên Giang Province

"Kien Giang" redirects here. For the township in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, see Kiến Giang.
Kiên Giang Province
Tỉnh Kiên Giang
Province


Location of Kiên Giang within Vietnam
Coordinates: 10°0′N 105°10′E / 10.000°N 105.167°E / 10.000; 105.167Coordinates: 10°0′N 105°10′E / 10.000°N 105.167°E / 10.000; 105.167
Country  Vietnam
Region Mekong Delta
Capital Rạch Giá
Government
  People's Council Chair Trương Quốc Tuấn
  People's Committee Chair Bùi Ngọc Sương
Area
  Total 6,299 km2 (2,432 sq mi)
Population (2004)
  Total 1,634,043
  Density 260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Demographics
  Ethnicities Vietnamese, others
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Calling code 773
ISO 3166 code VN-47
Website www.kiengiang.gov.vn

Kiên Giang ( listen) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 250 km from the Ho Chi Minh City. Kiên Giang's dimension is about 6,299 km² and its population is about 1,634,043, of which 22 percent live in the urban area.

Kiên Giang is bordered with An Giang Province in the northeast, Cần Thơ and Hậu Giang in the east, Bạc Liêu in the southeast and Cà Mau in the south, and Kampot Province of Cambodia (with the 54 km border) in the west, Gulf of Thailand in the southwest (with the 200 km coast).

According to survey results in April 1, 2009, Kiên Giang province's population is 1,683,149 people.

History

In 1774, Lord Nguyen Phuc Dang Khoat divided into 12 in the palace, but still leave the town of Hà Tiên, Mac Thien Tich style as Admiral rule.

By the reign of Minh Mạng, in 1832, Hà Tiên had become one of the six provinces of the South.

In 1876, Southern France divided into four big administrative regions, each region divided into smaller administrative sub-district or county take action (administratif arrondissement), Hà Tiên, the former being divided into two particle parameters are Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá. From January 1, 1900 two-particle parameters of Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá became provinces of Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá.

Since the Republic of Vietnam, Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá merged to Kiên Giang. Kiên Giang were including seven counties at that time: Kiên Lương, Kien An, Kien Binh, Tan Kien Kien Thanh and Phú Quốc. Kiên Giang Province borders Cambodia to the north, Châu Đốc to the northeast, An Giang Province to the east and Phong Dinh Province, Chuong Thien to the southeast, An Xuyen to the south.

Geography

General

Climate

Administrative divisions

Kiên Giang is subdivided into 15 district-level sub-divisions:

They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townships), 118 communes, and 15 wards.

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