Giá Rai is a
district-level town or simply town (''thị xã'') of
Bạc Liêu province in the
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( vi, Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit=Nine Dragon River Delta or simply vi, Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, lit=Mekong River Delta, label=none), also known as the Western Region ( vi, Miền Tây, links=no) or South-weste ...
region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the town had a population of 125,690.
The district covers an area of 348 km². The district capital lies at
Giá Rai.
[Nghị Nguyễn ''Catholic Churches in Vietnam, Architecture – history. Nhà thờ công giáo ở Việt Nam, kiến trúc – lịch sử '' Nhà xuất bản Tổng hợp TP. Hồ Chí Minh, 2004 "The church of Tac Sây, Но Phông village, Giá Rai district. This church belongs to the Franciscan Pilgrimage center, measuring 20m by 8m."]
Administrative divisions
The town is divided into 3 wards:
Ward 1 (formerly Giá Rai commune-level town),
Hộ Phòng,
Láng Tròn (formerly
Phong Thạnh Đông A commune), and 7 communes:
Phong Thạnh,
Phong Thạnh Đông,
Phong Tân,
Tân Phong,
Phong Thạnh,
Phong Thạnh Tây and
Tân Thạnh.
References
Districts of Bạc Liêu province
County-level towns in Vietnam
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