Quảng Ngãi province
Quảng Ngãi | |
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Lý Sơn Islands • An Khê Mire • Mỹ Lai Statue • Khe Hải Beach • Quảng Ngãi River • Thiên Ấn Temple • | |
Location of Quảng Ngãi within Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 15°0′N 108°40′E / 15.000°N 108.667°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | South Central Coast |
| Capital | Quảng Ngãi |
| Government | |
| • Secretary of Communist Party | Lê Viết Chữ (Communist Party of Vietnam) |
| • People's Council Chair | Bùi Thị Quỳnh Vân |
| • People's Committee Chair | Trần Ngọc Căng |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,155.25 km2 (1,990.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,559,900 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Hrê, Co, Xơ Đăng, Chăm |
| GDP | |
| • Total | VND 73.568 trillion US$ 3.195 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area codes | 55 (until 16 July 2017) 255 (from 17 June 2017) |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-29 |
| HDI (2020) | 0.724 (25th) |
| Website | www |
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Quảng Ngãi is a northern coastal province in the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Quảng Nam to the north, Bình Định to the south, Kon Tum to the west, Gia Lai to the southwest and the South China Sea to the east.
Quảng Ngãi is located 883 kilometres (549 mi) south of Hanoi and 838 kilometres (521 mi) north of Hồ Chí Minh City. The province has been historically populated with H're, Cham, and Kinh peoples, and located on the coast.