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Sóc Trăng

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Also known as Soc Trang, Sóc Trăng Province

former province of Vietnam

Key facts

Country
Vietnam
Region
Mekong Delta
Capital
Sóc Trăng
People s council chair
Hồ Thị Cẩm Đào
People s committee chair
Trần Văn Lâu
Total
3,298.20 km (1,273.44 sq mi)
Density
516.429/km (1,337.54/sq mi)
Ethnicities
Vietnamese (64.83%), Khmer , Hoa
Time zone
UTC+7 (ICT)
Iso 3166 code
VN-64
Hdi 2020
0.668 , ( 54th )
Website
www .soctrang .gov .vn

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Vietnam
Located in
Vietnam
Contains
Vĩnh Châu
Population
1197820
Area
3298.20
Elevation
1
Shares border with
Bạc Liêu
Official website
www.soctrang.gov.vn
Image
Rural Soc Trang.JPG
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topic's main category
Category:Sóc Trăng province
Commons category
Soc Trang
category of associated people
Category:People from Sóc Trăng province
urban population
405600
rural population
792170
postal code
96000–96999
merged into
Cần Thơ
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2025-06-12
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Encyclopedic overview

Sóc Trăng (Khmer: ខេត្តឃ្លាំង, lit. 'Land of Depositories') was a former province in the Mekong Delta of Southern Vietnam, with its capital in Sóc Trăng. The province occupies an area of 3,298.20 km (1,273.44 mi) and has a population of approximately 1,213,400.

From June 12, 2025, Sóc Trăng province (with Hậu Giang province) was merged into Cần Thơ.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sóc Trăng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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