Cape Saint Jacques
| Vũng Tàu | |
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| Provincial city | |
Vũng Tàu, as seen from Villa Blanche
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 Map of central Vũng Tàu |
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| Coordinates: 10°23′N 107°7′E / 10.383°N 107.117°ECoordinates: 10°23′N 107°7′E / 10.383°N 107.117°E | |
| Country |
 Vietnam
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| Province | Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province |
| Area | |
| • Land | 54.5 sq mi (141.1 km2) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 327,000 |
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Vũng Tàu (Hanoi accent: [vuŋ˧ˀ˥ taʊ̯˨˩] (
listen), Saigon accent: [vuŋ˧˩˧ taːw˨˩] ( listen)) is the largest city and former capital of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province in Vietnam. The city area is 140 square kilometres (54 square miles), consists of thirteen urban wards and one commune of Long Son Islet. Vũng Tàu was the capital of the province until 2 May 2012, and is the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam.
16 wards: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Thắng Nhất, Thắng Nhì, Thắng Tam, Nguyễn An Ninh, Rạch Dừa and 1 commune: Long Sơn.
During 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly. The ships' activities inspired the name Vũng Tàu, which means "". The French Indochinese government named it Cap Saint-Jacques ("Cap Xanh Giac", in Vietnamese). The cliff of Vũng Tàu is now called Mui Nghinh Phong (literally meaning "Cape of breeze welcome" or "Cape of greeting the wind").
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