| Kiên Giang | |||||
| Type: | Province | ||||
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| Coordinates: | 10°N 115°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Mekong Delta | ||||
| Seat Type: | Capital | ||||
| Seat: | Rạch Giá | ||||
| Leader Title: | People's Council Chair | ||||
| Leader Name: | Mai Văn Huỳnh | ||||
| Leader Title1: | People's Committee Chair | ||||
| Leader Name1: | Lâm Minh Thành | ||||
| Area Footnotes: | [1] | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 6352.02 | ||||
| Population Total: | 2,455,300 | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2023 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics | ||||
| Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnicities | ||||
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kinh, Khmer, Hoa, Chăm | ||||
| Demographics Type2: | GDP[2] | ||||
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total | ||||
| Demographics2 Info1: | VND 87.284 trillion US$ 3.791 billion | ||||
| Blank1 Name: | HDI (2020) | ||||
| Blank1 Info: | 0.683[3] (50th) | ||||
| Timezone1: | ICT | ||||
| Utc Offset1: | +7 | ||||
| Area Code Type: | Area codes | ||||
| Area Code: | 297 | ||||
| Iso Code: | VN-47 | ||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||
| Postal Code: | 91xxx–92xxx | ||||
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, 155miles from Ho Chi Minh City. Kiên Giang's area is 6352.02km2[1] and its population is about 1,723,067 (2019), of which 22 percent live in urban areas.
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 33miles border) in the west, and the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest (with the 124miles coast).
According to survey results on April 1, 2019, Kiên Giang province's population is 1,723,067 people.[4] [5]
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, 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.