Trà Vinh Province
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Trà Vinh Province Tỉnh Trà Vinh |
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| Province | |
 Location of Trà Vinh within Vietnam |
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| Coordinates: 9°50′N 106°15′E / 9.833°N 106.250°ECoordinates: 9°50′N 106°15′E / 9.833°N 106.250°E | |
| Country |
 Vietnam
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| Region | Mekong Delta |
| Capital | Trà Vinh |
| Government | |
| • People's Committee Chair | Trần Hoàn Kim |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,215.1 km2 (855.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 1,015,800 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities |
Vietnamese (68.35%) Khmer (30.00%) Hoa (1.65%) |
| Time zone | ICT (UTC+7) |
| Area codes | 294 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-51 |
| Website | www |
Trà Vinh (
listen) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The capital is Trà Vinh Town.
Trà Vinh is subdivided into 9 district-level sub-divisions:
They are further subdivided into 11 commune-level towns (or townlets), 85 communes, and 9 wards.
Besides having mostly Vietnamese, Trà Vinh is populated with many members of the Khmer Krom ethnic group. They are partly members of the old Khmer Empire, later divided under political and historical turmoil. Trà Vinh also has one of the largest ethnic Hoa (Chinese) communities in Vietnam.
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