Kiên Giang Province
Kiên Giang ( listen) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 250 km from the Ho Chi Minh City. Kien Giang's dimension is about 6,299 km² and its population is about 1,634,043, of which 22 percent live in the urban area.
Kien Giang is bordered with An Giang province in the northeast, Cần Thơ and Hau Giang in the east, Bac Lieu in the southeast and Cà Mau in the south, and Kampot Province of Cambodia (with the 54km border) in the west, Gulf of Thailand in the southwest (with the 200km coast).
According to survey results in April 1, 2009, Kien Giang province's population is 1,683,149 people.
Read more about Kiên Giang Province: History, Administrative Divisions
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