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°ECoordinates: 9°50′N 106°15′E / 9.833°N 106.250°E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Mekong Delta
Capital	Trà Vinh
Government
• People's Committee Chair	Trần Hoàn Kim
Area
• Total	2,215.1 km^2 (855.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	1,015,800
• Density	460/km^2 (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 ( listen) 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:

• • Càng Long
  • Cầu Kè
  • Cầu Ngang
  • Châu Thành
  • Duyên Hải
  • Tiểu Cần
  • Trà Cú

• 1 provincial city:
  • Trà Vinh (capital)

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

• Official website of the Trà Vinh Province government