Ba Ria

Bà Rịa City Thành phố Bà Rịa
Bà Rịa commercial center
Bà Rịa City Location of in Vietnam
Coordinates: 10°30′N 107°10′E / 10.500°N 107.167°E / 10.500; 107.167
Country	Vietnam
Province	Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu
Established town	2 June 1994
Government
• chairman of the municipal committee	Phạm Chí Lợi
Area
• Total	91.46 km2 (35.31 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	153,000
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zone	ICT (UTC+07:00)

Bà Rịa (Vietnamese: [ɓaː˧˩ ɹiə˧˨˧ˀ]) is a city in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. Bà Rịa is split from Vũng Tàu by a river crossed by Co May Bridge. This is the de jure seat of the province since most of the provincial administration agencies are located here. Bà Rịa officially became the provincial capital of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu from May 2, 2012, replacing Vũng Tàu in that role.

Bà Rịa is located 90 km east-south-east of Ho Chi Minh City, 20 km northwest of the petroleum city of Vũng Tàu. Bà Rịa borders Châu Đức District and part of Tân Thành District to the north, Vũng Tàu to the south, Long Điền District to the east, and Tân Thành District to the west. Bà Rịa has an area of 197.5 km², including seven urban wards (phường) (Long Toàn, Phước Hiệp, Phước Hưng, Phước Nguyên, Phước Trung, Long Hương, and Kim Dinh), and 3 rural communes (xã) (Hòa Long, Tân Hưng, and Long Phước). As of 2011, the town has 122,424 inhabitants, the density is 3500 hab/km².

The city was promoted from the town of Bà Rịa to the capital city on 22 August 2012. The town was founded on 2 June 1994 from the split of the district of Châu Thành into districts of Châu Đức, Tân Thành, and Bà Rịa town. Many provincial agencies have been relocated from Vũng Tàu to Bà Rịa. By 2007, this city was a 3rd-class municipality in Vietnam and upgraded to 2nd-class municipality on 27 November 2014.

Bà Rịa is an important transport hub of the province, on Route 51, Road 52 and Road 56. Bà Rịa is situated about 48 km southeast of the planned Long Thanh International Airport on National Route 51 (Vietnam). Bà Rịa has Bà Rịa Secres Port. It is connected to Xuân Lộc by road.