KIEN GIANG PROVINCE OVERVIEW |
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Capital : Rach Gia
Region: Mekong Delta
Area: 6,299 km2
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Population:1,634,043
Density: 259.4/km2
Ethnicities: Kinh, Khmer, Hoa |
Calling code: 077 |
| Town and Districts |
| Town: Ha Tien.Districts: Kien Luong, Hon Dat, Tan Hiep, Chau Thanh, Giong Rieng, Go Quao,An Bien,An Minh, Vinh Thuan, Phu Quoc, Kien Hai. |
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The Kien Giang Province is on the Mekong Delta. It is bounded by An Giang, Hau Giang provinces, Can Tho City in the east and the south – east, Ca Mau Province in the south, and Cambodia in the north. Kien Giang has 200km of coastline with large fishing grounds, consisting of 105 big and small islands, of which 43 islands have residents. This creates favorable conditions and good environment for raising many sorts of aquaculture.
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KIEN GIANG PROVINCE PEOPLE |
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GETTING IN - OUT
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The town of Rach Gia is 92km from Ha Tien, 116km from Cantho, 182km from My Tho, and 250km from Ho Chi Minh City.
The province owns 3 airports: Rach Gia, Phu Quoc, and Ha Tien. From Ho Chi Minh City, there are daily flights connecting to Rach Gia, and 28 flights a week linking to Phu Quoc. The hydrofoil boats daily connects Rach Gia and Phu Quoc and vice versa.
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KIEN GIANG PROVINCE RESOURCES |
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The Kien Giang biosphere reserve, covering more than 1.1 million ha, is considered the largest biosphere in Southeast Asia. The reserve consists of three parts, the Phu Quoc National Park, the U Minh Thuong National Park and the Kien Luong-Kien Hai coastal preventive forest. They have their own characters, but all of them are home to the fauna, flora of coastal wetland areas.
The U Minh Thuong National Park plays an important role in conserving the ecosystem of mangrove forest and the Mekong Delta. The park still preserves Iutra sumatrana, which has been listed in the Vietnamese and World Red Books.
The Phu Quoc National Park has plant species migrating from three regions, Malaysia-Indonesia, Hymalaya-Yunnan (China) and India-Myanmar. Phu Quoc has 529 plant species of 120 families, in which 42 species have been listed in the Vietnamese and World Red Books. The buffer and development zones also have a diverse sea ecosystem. In this 10,000 ha area, nine species of seaweed grow providing a resource of food that ensures the existence of dugon.
Corral reefs of about 260 species covering more than 470 ha form the north to south of Phu Quoc island, including more than 360 ha in the southern area of An Thoi archipelago. The corral reef areas are home to more than 150 species of ornamental fish, including many valuable species, 48 species of mollusk, 25 species of echinoderm and more than 50 species of seaweed.
Mollusks in the Kien Luong-Kien Hai coastal protective forest form an important part of the local fauna. Four of the 17 endemic animal species in Bai Voi , Kien Luong have been included in the Vietnamese and World Red Books, including vooc bac (trachypithelus germaini), rai ca cui (amblonyx cinera), soc do (callosciurus finlaysoni ssp), doi (rhinolopus marshalli, and khi duoi dai (macaca fascicularis).
The region has more than 300 species of animal and 61 species of bird, including those listed in the Vietnamese and World Red Books such as seu dau do (grus antigone) and sa mo rong (pelargopsis capensis).
The other famous sites include the Temple and Tomb of national hero Nguyen Trung Truc in Rach Gia, Tam Bao Pagoda, the Bird Sanctuary, Tan Hoi Pagoda, and Mac Cuu Tomb.
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Climate
The Kien Giang Province locates on humid monsoon tropical area. The weather is always warm with few natural calamities and abundant of sunshine. The average temperature is 27oC. It is highest in April (29oC) and lowest in January (25.6oC). There are two separated seasons: the rainy season is from April to November, the dry season is from December to April. |
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