Trà Vinh Province




Province in Mekong Delta, Vietnam



























































Trà Vinh Province


Tỉnh Trà Vinh

Province

Location of Trà Vinh within Vietnam
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 (About this soundlisten) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The capital is Trà Vinh Town.




Contents






  • 1 Administrative divisions


  • 2 Demographics


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Administrative divisions


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


  • 7 districts:



    • Càng Long

    • Cầu Kè

    • Cầu Ngang

    • Châu Thành

    • Duyên Hải

    • Tiểu Cần

    • Trà Cú




  • 1 district-level town:
    • Duyên Hải


  • 1 provincial city:

    • Trà Vinh (capital)



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



External links



  • Official website of the Trà Vinh Province government









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