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Travinh

Trà Vinh Province
Tỉnh Trà Vinh
Province
Location of Trà Vinh within Vietnam
Location of Trà Vinh within Vietnam
Coordinates: 9°50′N 106°15′E / 9.833°N 106.250°E / 9.833; 106.250Coordinates: 9°50′N 106°15′E / 9.833°N 106.250°E / 9.833; 106.250
Country  Vietnam
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.travinh.gov.vn

Trà Vinh (About this sound 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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