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Bạc Liêu

Bạc Liêu City
Thành phố Bạc Liêu
Provincial city
Bạc Liêu skyline.jpg
Location in Bạc Liêu Province
Location in Bạc Liêu Province
Bạc Liêu City is located in Vietnam
Bạc Liêu City
Bạc Liêu City
Location of in Vietnam
Coordinates: 9°17′N 105°43′E / 9.283°N 105.717°E / 9.283; 105.717
Country  Vietnam
Province Bạc Liêu
Area
 • Total 175.25 km2 (67.66 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 240,045
 • Density 1,369.7/km2 (3,548/sq mi)

Bạc Liêu (About this sound listen) City is a provincial city and capital of the Bạc Liêu Province in the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam. It is a medium-sized town with a population of approximately 150,000. The old name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi.

The name Bạc Liêu is based on the Chinese pronunciation of a Khmer name (Pol Leav ពលលាវ in Khmer). In the 1950s the area was a centre of Huỳnh Phú Sổ's Hòa Hảo religion after So was released there.

Coordinates: 9°17′N 105°43′E / 9.283°N 105.717°E / 9.283; 105.717



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