Kon Tum province

Province of Vietnam
Province in Central Highlands, Vietnam
Kon Tum province
Tỉnh Kon Tum
Province
Rông House Kon Klor  • Dams Yaly  • Stream Đắk Glei  • Mountain Đắk Glei  • The border mark of the tripoint between Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia  • Bố Y Border Gate  • Kon Tum wooden church  • Bishop of Kon Tum Building  • Hotel Đồi Thông  • Mountain Măng Đen  • River Đắk Bla
Official seal of Kon Tum province
Seal
Location of Kon Tum within Vietnam
Location of Kon Tum within Vietnam
Map
Coordinates: 14°45′N 107°55′E / 14.750°N 107.917°E / 14.750; 107.917
Country Vietnam
RegionCentral Highlands
CapitalKon Tum
Area
 • Total9,674.5 km2 (3,735.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total661,742
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Demographics
 • EthnicitiesVietnamese, Xơ Đăng, Ba Na, Giẻ Triêng, Jarai
GDP[1]
 • ProvinceVND 20.057 trillion
US$ 0.871 billion
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Calling code60
ISO 3166 codeVN-28
Websitewww.kontum.gov.vn

Kon Tum (Vietnamese pronunciation: [kɔn˧˧ tum˧˧]) is the northernmost mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Quảng Nam to the north, Gia Lai to the south, Quảng Ngãi to the east, Sekong, Attapeu of Laos and Ratanakiri of Cambodia in the west.

Kon Tum shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,934 square km and a population of approximately 530,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.

Name

The name Kon Tum comes from the name of a village of the Bahnar ethnic group. In the Bahnar language, kon means "village" and tum means "pool". Prior to the adoption of the Vietnamese alphabet in the 1920s, the name was rendered as 崑嵩.

Administrative divisions

Kon Tum is subdivided into ten district-level sub-divisions:

Second Tier
subdivisions
Area
(km2)
Third Tier subdivisions
Wards Townships Communes
Kon Tum city 432.98 10 11
Đắk Glei District 1495.26 1 11
Đắk Hà District 844.47 1 10
Đắk Tô District 509.24 1 8
Ia H'Drai District 980.13 3
Kon Plông District 1381.20 9
Kon Rẫy District 886.60 1 6
Ngọc Hồi District 824.00 1 7
Sa Thầy District 1435.22 1 10
Tu Mơ Rông District 857.18 11

They are further subdivided into six commune-level towns (or townlets), 83 communes, and 10 wards.

Geography

The capital city is Kon Tum, located on the Đăk Bla River.

The southern border with Gia Lai follows the Sê San river up to Yali Falls Dam, as well as part of the Dak Bla, Dak Pokei and Dak Poe rivers. The Sa Thầy River, a tributary of the Sê San, also runs through the province.[2]

The province is primarily located in the Sê San river basin, though parts are also in the headwaters of the Vu Gia, Trà Khúc and Sekong Rivers.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Kon Tum province include the Viet, Bahnar, Brau, Giẻ Triêng, Jarai, Rơ Măm, and Xo Dang.

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Kon Tum năm 2018". Cục Thống kê tỉnh Kon Tum. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Khảo sát tính đa dạng sinh học của lưu vực sông Sa Thầy".

External links

  • Kon Tum province government official site
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