Trà Vinh () was a former
province
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in the
Mekong Delta
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region of
Southern Vietnam. The capital is
Trà Vinh City.
Etymology
Trà Vang was an old name used for this area, a
hinterland
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with a sparse population.
In 1825, the area of Trà Vinh was established by King
Minh Mạng into Lạc Hóa district also known as chà-văng or chà-vinh.
In 1951, the name Vĩnh Trà appeared, a combination of Vĩnh from
Vĩnh Long and Trà from Trà Vinh.
The name was changed again from Trà Vinh to
Vĩnh Bình province in 1957.
In 1976,
Cửu Long province came to be by merging Vĩnh Long province and Trà Vinh.
The name ''Trà Vinh'' comes from the
Khmer name of the area ព្រះត្រពាំង , which means ''Sacred pond'' or ''Buddha's pond''. The
Vietnamese transliteration gave ''Trà Vang'' and later ''Trà Vinh''.
Demographics
Besides more than two thirds of Trà Vinh's population being Vietnamese, nearly a third of the population is
Khmer Krom. Trà Vinh also has one of the largest ethnic
Hoa (Chinese) communities in Vietnam (1.65%).
Administrative divisions
Trà Vinh is subdivided into nine district-level sub-divisions:
* 7 districts:
**
Càng Long
**
Cầu Kè
**
Cầu Ngang
**
Châu Thành
**
Duyên Hải
**
Tiểu Cần
**
Trà Cú
* 1 district-level town:
**
Duyên Hải
* 1 provincial city:
**
Trà Vinh (capital)
They are further subdivided into 11 commune-level towns (or townlets), 85 communes, and nine wards.
Gallery
File:Đường Phạm Ngũ Lão ở Trà Vinh.jpg, Phạm Ngũ Lão Street in the center of Trà Vinh city.
File:Về chùa.jpg, The monk returned to Hang Pagoda after begging for alms
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Etymology
The word ''alms'' come ...
.
File:Cổng chùa Watsamrongek, Trà Vinh.jpg, Watsamrongek Pagoda Gate, Trà Vinh.
File:Quốc lộ 60, Trà Vinh đi Sóc Trăng.jpg, Highway 60, Trà Vinh to Sóc Trăng.
File:Đò máy từ Trà Vinh đi Cù Lao Dung.jpg, Take the machine from Trà Vinh to Cù Lao Dung
File:Co Chien bridge.jpg, alt=Cổ Chiên Bridge, Cổ Chiên Bridge
References
External links
* of the Trà Vinh province government
States and territories established in 1992
Former provinces of Vietnam
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