Kiên Giang province
Kiên Giang | |
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Location of Kiên Giang within Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 10°0′N 105°10′E / 10.000°N 105.167°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | Mekong Delta |
| Capital | Rạch Giá |
| Government | |
| • People's Council Chair | Mai Văn Huỳnh |
| • People's Committee Chair | Lâm Minh Thành |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,352.02 km2 (2,452.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 2,462,100 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Kinh, Khmer, Hoa, Chăm |
| GDP | |
| • Total | VND 87.284 trillion US$ 3.791 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 91xxx–92xxx |
| Area codes | 297 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-47 |
| HDI (2020) | 0.683 (50th) |
| Website | www |
Kiên Giang was a former province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It 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 km2 (2,452.53 sq mi) and its population is about 1,723,067 (2019), of which 22 percent live in urban areas.
Kiên Giang is bordered with An Giang province in the northeast, Cần Thơ and Hậu Giang provinces in the east, Bạc Liêu province in the southeast and Cà Mau province in the south, and Kampot province of Cambodia (with the 33 mi (53 km) border) in the west, and the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest (with the 124 mi (200 km) coast).
According to survey results on April 1, 2019, Kiên Giang province's population is 1,723,067 people.