Quảng Ngãi () is a city in central

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. It serves as the capital city of Quảng Ngãi Province. Quảng Ngãi City borders Tư Nghĩa District to the south and west,

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to the northwest and Bình Sơn District to the north. It has an area of 160,15 km² and population of 260,252 inhabitants.

Climate

Quảng Ngãi has a

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(

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''Am''). Temperatures are very warm to hot year round, although they do fall substantially between October and March. The rainy season lasts from September to December with a major risk of

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and the dry season is from January to August.

Tourism

Quảng Ngãi has benefited little from Vietnamese tourist industry. English is not widely spoken and most hotels deal only with Vietnamese customers. Local attractions include: * Mỹ Lai Massacre Memorial Museum (12 km from Quảng Ngãi) * Ba Tơ Garden * Quảng Ngãi Square (Phạm Văn Đồng street) * Trà Khúc River * Tam Thương Quay * Thiên Bút Hill * General Museum of Quảng Ngãi Province * Ly Son Island * My Khe Beach (this is in Da Nang) * Châu Sa Champa Citadel (Ancient Amaravati)

Transportation

Quảng Ngãi has rail connections to North-South Railways via Quảng Ngãi railway station. Air transport is served by Chu Lai International Airport in nearby province of Quảng Nam.

Famous Quang Ngai people

*Politician:

Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam following reunification of North and South Vietnam ...

Trương Định Trương Định (1820 – August 19, 1864), sometimes known as Trương Công Định, was a mandarin (scholar-official) in the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam under Emperor Tự Đức. He is best known for leading a guerrilla army in souther ...

Lê Văn Duyệt Lê Văn Duyệt)., group=n (1763 or 1764 – 30 July 1832) was a Vietnamese general who helped Nguyễn Ánh—the future Emperor Gia Long—put down the Tây Sơn wars, unify Vietnam and establish the Nguyễn dynasty. After the Nguyễn came ...

Trần Đức Lương Trần Đức Lương (born 5 May 1937) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the fifth President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006.Bruce M. Lockhart, William J. Duiker ''Historical Dictionary of Vietnam'', 2006, p. 371. entry Trần Đức Lươ ...

, Nguyễn Thị Diệu,

Nguyễn Hòa Bình Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

Nguyễn Bá Loan Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this su ...

*Entrepreneur:

Nguyễn Văn Đạt Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

Cao Thị Ngọc Dung Cao or CAO may refer to: Mythology *Cao (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology Companies or organizations * Air China Cargo, ICAO airline designator CAO *CA Oradea, Romanian football club *CA Osasuna, Spanish football club *Canadian Assoc ...

Lê Thăng Long Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname. It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-co ...

*Education:

Lê Vinh Danh Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname. It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-co ...

Phan Kỳ Phùng Phan may refer to: * Phan (surname), a Vietnamese family name * Phan District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand * Phan River, Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam * Phan (tray) Phan ( th, พาน, ) is an artistically decorated tray with pedestal. It ...

*Religion:

Thích Nhất Hạnh Thích Nhất Hạnh ( ; ; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, historically recogni ...

Ching Hai Ching Hai (born Trịnh Đăng Huệ;Vietnamese name consisting of three parts in the following order: a family name, a middle name and a given name. 12 May 1950), commonly referred to as ''Suma'' or '' Supreme Master Ching Hai (Chinese: 清海� ...

*Sport:

Hoàng Văn Phúc Hoàng Văn Phúc (born 1964) is a Vietnamese former footballer who is currently the interim manager of V.League 1 side Hà Nội. Managerial career In 2013, Phúc was named the interim manager of the Vietnam national football team. Achievement ...

Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất (born March 21, 1989) is a Vietnamese professional Muay Thai, Kun Khmer and Lethwei fighter. Duy Nhất is a five-time World Muaythai Federation, WMF Muay Thai world champion and four-time Southeast Asian Games, SEA G ...

, Phạm Thị Bình,

Phan Thanh Hậu Phan Thanh Hậu (born 12 January 1997) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for V.League 1 club Quảng Nam. He is a product of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai – Arsenal JMG Academy, a joint football academy built by English cl ...

, Ngô Bông *Artist: Dương Ngọc Thái, Thanh Tuấn *Musician: Trương Quang Lục, Hồng Xương Long *Generals:

Nguyễn Chánh (Quảng Ngãi) Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

Trần Văn Trà Nguyễn Chấn, known as Trần Văn Trà (1918 – April 20, 1996) was a Vietnamese general. He was a commander in the Vietcong; a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party ( Workers' Party of Vietnam) from 1960 to 1982; a lieutena ...

, Trần Quý Hai, Phạm Kiệt, Võ Thứ,

Nguyễn Đôn Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

, Tiêu Văn Mẫn, Trịnh Lương Hy, Võ Bẩm, Trần Tiến Cung, Huỳnh Kim,

Châu Khải Định Chu ( or Châu () is a Vietnamese surname. It is transliterated as Zhou (for ''Chu'') and Zhu (for ''Châu'') in Chinese, and Ju in Korean. Chau is the anglicized variation of Châu. Notable people with the surname Chu/Châu * Chu Văn An ...

, Lê Trung Ngôn, Phạm Quang Tiệp, Trần Nam Trung, Trần Quang Phương,

Nguyễn Văn Được Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

, Võ Thị Thái, Vũ Xuân Viên, Huỳnh Thị Cúc, Nguyễn Thị Dung,

Nguyễn Tăng Long Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese name, Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. wiktionary:nguyên, Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 perc ...

Nguyễn Văn Xuân (tướng nhà Nguyễn) Nguyễn Văn Xuân (3 April 1892 – 14 January 1989) was president of the government of Cochinchina from 1947 to 1948, then prime minister of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam from 23 May 1948 to 20 June 1949, during the First Indoc ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quang Ngai Populated places in Quảng Ngãi province Provincial capitals in Vietnam Districts of Quảng Ngãi province Cities in Vietnam