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Kiên Giang is a human settlement located in Vietnam. Its administrative capital is Rạch Giá. The area covers 6352.92 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 3 meters above sea level. It shares borders with Kampot Province, Cà Mau, Đồng Tháp, and Cần Thơ. The local dialing codes are 0773 and 297, while postal codes range from 91000–91999 to 92000–92999.
The population of Kiên Giang is 1,751,760, comprising 522,730 urban residents and 1,229,030 rural residents. The Khmer language is used in the region. Administrative entities within the area include An Biên, An Minh, Châu Thành, and Giang Thành. Kiên Giang was merged into An Giang on 2025-06-12.
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Place details
- Locality
- Phước Ninh
- Region
- Tỉnh An Giang
- Country
- Việt Nam
- Population
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Located in
- Vietnam
- Contains
- Vĩnh Thuận
- Capital
- Rạch Giá
- Population
- 1751760
- Area
- 6352.02
- Elevation
- 3
- Shares border with
- Bạc Liêu
- Official website
- www.kiengiang.gov.vn
- Image
- Rach Gia.JPG
- Dialing code
- 297
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- Commons category
- Kien Giang
- topic's main category
- Category:Kiên Giang province
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kiên Giang province
- native label
- ខេត្តក្រមួនស
- language used
- Khmer
- urban population
- 522730
- rural population
- 1229030
- postal code
- 92000–92999
- merged into
- An Giang
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2025-06-12
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Encyclopedic overview
Kiên Giang was a former province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. The province is known for fishing and rice farming.
The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 155 mi (249 km) from Ho Chi Minh City. Kiên Giang's area is 6,352.02 km (2,452.53 mi) and its population is about 1,723,067 (2019), of which 22 percent live in urban areas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kiên Giang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.