Rach Gia
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Rạch Giá City Thành phố Rạch Giá |
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 Rạch Giá City
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| Coordinates: 10°1′0″N 105°5′0″E / 10.01667°N 105.08333°ECoordinates: 10°1′0″N 105°5′0″E / 10.01667°N 105.08333°E | |
| Country |
 Vietnam
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| Province | Kiên Giang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 104 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 245,328 |
| • Density | 2,359/km2 (6,110/sq mi) |
Rạch Giá (
listen) is a provincial city and the capital city of Kien Giang Province, Vietnam. It is located on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, 250 kilometres (160 mi) south-west of Ho Chi Minh City. East of city, it borders Tân Hiệp and Châu Thành town, the Gulf of Thailand is to the west and surrounds some parts of the city, south of the city is Châu Thành and An Biên town, northward it borders Hòn Đất and Tân Hiệp.
Rạch Giá was upgraded from a town to a city by Government Decree No. 97/2005/NĐ-CP on July 26, 2005. The city has 12 administrative units:
Rạch Giá is the first city where the Vietnamese government applied "lan bien" project to build out to the ocean to expand territory. "Lan bien" project expand the city to become one of the biggest new cities in the south-west of Vietnam. This project adds 2 more new wards in Rạch Giá. Beside that, several future construction projects such as industrial center Rach Vuot and urban city Vinh Hiep which will be started after finishing Lac Hong bridge project will expand Rạch Giá to the east.
Ceremony of Nguyễn Trung Trực is held annually in lunar August.
National historical sites:
Other historical site:
Rạch Giá has 2 main stations: Rach Soi station (main routes to neighbor towns or provinces on highway 61 and 63) and Rach Gia station (main routes to Ho Chi Minh City and Hà Tiên). Those are main stations to transport passengers to other towns in provinces or other provinces in nation.
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