Thới Bình district
Thới Bình district
Huyện Thới Bình | |
|---|---|
Thới Bình canal. | |
Districts of Cà Mau province | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Province | Cà Mau |
| Capital | Thới Bình |
| Area | |
| 244 sq mi (631 km2) | |
| Population (2019 census) | |
| 135,892 | |
| • Density | 560/sq mi (220/km2) |
| • Urban | 10,032 |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
Thới Bình is a rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2019 the district had a population of 135,892. The district covers an area of 631 km2. The district capital lies at Thới Bình. Thới Bình borders U Minh district to the west, Kiên Giang province to the north, Bạc Liêu province to the east and northeast, and Cà Mau to the south.
As a district in the Cà Mau Peninsula and Mekong Delta, Thới Bình is typical of the area, with low-lying and salty floodplains. Part of the district lies in the U Minh Thượng National Park. The main economic activity in the district is aquaculture, particularly prawn and blue crab farming. Trẹm River, a tributary of the Ông Đốc River, is the only waterway flowing through this district.