Trà Vinh

Provincial city in Mekong Delta, Vietnam From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Trà Vinh City (Khmer: ព្រះត្រពាំង Preah Trapeang lit.'Sacred pond') is the capital city of Trà Vinh province in Southern Vietnam.

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Trà Vinh
ព្រះត្រពាំង
Trà Vinh City
Thành phố Trà Vinh
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Trà Vinh
Coordinates: 9°56′N 106°21′E
Country Vietnam
RegionMekong Delta
ProvinceTrà Vinh
Area
68.035 km2 (26.268 sq mi)
  Urban
138 km2 (53 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
160,310
  Density2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (UTC + 7)
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Etymology

Trà Vang was an old name used for this area, a hinterland with a sparse population.[1]

In 1825, the area of Trà Vinh was established by King Minh Mạng into Lạc Hóa district also known as chà-văng or chà-vinh.[2][3]

In 1951, the name Vĩnh Trà appeared, a combination of Vĩnh from Vĩnh Long and Trà from Trà Vinh.[4]

The name was changed again from Trà Vinh to Vĩnh Binh in 1957[5] with Phú Vinh as its capital city.[6]

In 1976, Cửu Long province came to be by merging Vĩnh Long province and Trà Vinh.[7]

The name Trà Vinh comes from the Khmer name of the area ព្រះត្រពាំង Preah Trapeang, which means Sacred pond or Buddha's pond. The Vietnamese transliteration gave Trà Vang and later Trà Vinh.[8][unreliable source?]

Location

It is located in the Mekong Delta region, which is in the Southern part of Vietnam. Under the Republic of Vietnam, it was the provincial capital of a province with a population of 51,535.

Government Resolution No. 11/NQ-CP 04/03/2010 established the city of Trà Vinh with an area of 6803.5 hectares and a population of 131,360 inhabitants and 10 administrative units.

On February 15, 2016, Trà Vinh City was classified as a level II city in Vietnam's cities classification system.

Trà Vinh had 1,286,000 inhabitants in 2019.

Administrative divisions

The area directly under the town consists of:

Climate

More information Climate data for Trà Vinh (Càng Long), Month ...
Climate data for Trà Vinh (Càng Long)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 34.1
(93.4)
34.8
(94.6)
36.3
(97.3)
37.0
(98.6)
37.7
(99.9)
35.3
(95.5)
34.8
(94.6)
34.6
(94.3)
34.9
(94.8)
34.5
(94.1)
34.3
(93.7)
34.4
(93.9)
37.7
(99.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0)
30.8
(87.4)
32.3
(90.1)
33.5
(92.3)
33.0
(91.4)
31.9
(89.4)
31.4
(88.5)
31.2
(88.2)
31.0
(87.8)
30.9
(87.6)
30.7
(87.3)
29.9
(85.8)
31.4
(88.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.4
(77.7)
25.9
(78.6)
27.2
(81.0)
28.4
(83.1)
28.1
(82.6)
27.4
(81.3)
27.0
(80.6)
26.9
(80.4)
26.8
(80.2)
26.8
(80.2)
26.7
(80.1)
25.8
(78.4)
26.9
(80.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.6
(72.7)
22.8
(73.0)
23.9
(75.0)
25.0
(77.0)
25.3
(77.5)
24.8
(76.6)
24.5
(76.1)
24.5
(76.1)
24.5
(76.1)
24.5
(76.1)
24.3
(75.7)
23.1
(73.6)
24.2
(75.5)
Record low °C (°F) 17.0
(62.6)
17.8
(64.0)
18.5
(65.3)
21.9
(71.4)
22.4
(72.3)
21.4
(70.5)
21.1
(70.0)
21.7
(71.1)
22.2
(72.0)
21.4
(70.5)
19.6
(67.3)
17.2
(63.0)
17.0
(62.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6.4
(0.25)
4.7
(0.19)
14.5
(0.57)
47.5
(1.87)
188.7
(7.43)
211.0
(8.31)
223.7
(8.81)
229.0
(9.02)
254.5
(10.02)
293.6
(11.56)
126.4
(4.98)
38.5
(1.52)
1,638.5
(64.53)
Average rainy days 1.3 0.7 1.3 4.7 17.2 19.5 21.5 21.4 22.1 20.2 10.4 5.6 145.9
Average relative humidity (%) 80.6 79.2 78.8 79.9 84.8 86.4 87.1 87.5 88.1 87.4 85.1 83.0 84.0
Mean monthly sunshine hours 240.3 250.2 283.0 259.7 206.8 171.0 182.2 177.0 157.5 171.2 199.6 203.7 2,502.2
Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[9]
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