Kiên Giang 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 , 155 mi (249 km) from Ho Chi Minh City . Kiên Giang's area is 6,352.02 km (2,452.53 sq mi) and its population is about 1,723,067 (2019), of which 22 percent live in urban areas.
7-493: Kiên Giang is bordered with An Giang province in the northeast, Cần Thơ and Hậu Giang provinces in the east, Bạc Liêu province in the southeast and Cà Mau province in the south, and Kampot province of Cambodia (with the 33 mi (53 km) border) in the west, and the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest (with the 124 mi (200 km) coast). According to survey results on April 1, 2019, Kiên Giang province's population
14-464: A province in 1832, having been settled by the Vietnamese migrants moving southwards in search of new land. It is believed that An Giang was once an important center of the 1st millennium Óc Eo culture, presumably owing to its position on the river. Traditionally, An Giang has been known for its silk industry. An Giang is home to a substantial number of people from Vietnam's ethnic minorities . Due to
21-592: A significant agricultural center, producing significant quantities of rice . The Cấm Mountains, also known as the Thất Sơn range or the "Seven Mountains", are located in the western Tịnh Biên District . Followers of the Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương tradition, founded in An Giang in 1849, refer to these mountains as Bửu Sơn , "Precious Mountains". An Giang is subdivided into 11 district-level sub-divisions: An Giang first became
28-433: Is 1,723,067 people. In 1774, Lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát divided into 12 in the palace, but still leave the town of Hà Tiên, Mạc Thiên Tích as a ruler. By the reign of Minh Mệnh, in 1832, Hà Tiên had become one of the six provinces of the south. In 1876, France divided into four big administrative regions, each region divided into smaller administrative sub-district or county take action (administratif arrondissement), Hà Tiên,
35-567: Is a province of Vietnam . It is located in the Mekong Delta , in the southwestern part of the country. An Giang occupies a position in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta . The Hậu Giang and Tiền Giang branches of the Mekong River are the dominant geographical features of the province. With the exception of the west, most of An Giang is fairly flat and is criss-crossed by many canals and small rivers. This terrain has led to An Giang being
42-669: 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 two provinces of Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá. Hà Tiên and Rạch Giá were later merged into Kiên Giang. Kiên Giang had seven districts at the time: Hà Tiên, Kiên An, Kiên Bình, Kiên Lương, Kiên Tân, Kiên Thành and Phú Quốc. Kiên Giang is subdivided into 13 district-level sub-divisions and two cities: They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townships), 118 communes, and 15 wards. [REDACTED] Media related to Kien Giang at Wikimedia Commons An Giang province An Giang
49-499: The province's proximity to Cambodia, the Khmer Krom are the largest non-Vietnamese group of the province. Other groups, such as the Chams and ethnic Chinese ( Hoa ), are also found in An Giang. As of 2020, An Giang Province covers an area of 3,536.83 square kilometers with a population of 1,904,532 people, resulting in a population density of 539 people per square kilometer. The province
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