Jump to content

Đăk Nông province

Coordinates: 11°59′N 107°42′E / 11.983°N 107.700°E / 11.983; 107.700
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Đắk Nông
Quảng Đức
Đắk Nông province
Dray Sap Falls  • Mơ Nông Plateau  • Dak R'Tih River  • Đạo Nguyên Temple  • Nam Đông Mountain
Official seal of Đắk Nông
Location of Đắk/Ðắc Nông within Vietnam
Location of Đắk/Ðắc Nông within Vietnam
Map
Coordinates: 11°59′N 107°42′E / 11.983°N 107.700°E / 11.983; 107.700
Country Vietnam
RegionCentral Highlands
CapitalGia Nghĩa
Area
 • Total
6,509.27 km2 (2,513.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total
781,900
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Demographics
 • EthnicitiesVietnamese, Ê Đê, Nùng, M'Nông, Tày
GDP[3]
 • TotalVND 29.227 trillion
US$ 1.268 billion
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes261 (from 17 June 2017)
501 (until 16 July 2017)
ISO 3166 codeVN-72
Websitewww.daknong.gov.vn

Đắk Nông, anglicized as Daknong, is a southern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Đắk Lắk to the north, Lâm Đồng to the southeast, Bình Phước and Mondulkiri of Cambodia to the west.

Name

[edit]

Its name comes from the Đăk Nông River, an upper stream of the Đồng Nai River. Daàk-nông means "River of the Mnong" in Mnong language.

Geography

[edit]

Đắk Nông is about 500m above sea level in elevation. The terrain is lower in the west. Đắk Nông has large fields and lakes in the south. Đắk Nông has three main river systems: the Ba River, the Srepok (or Sêrêpôk) river (part of the Mekong river basin) and Đồng Nai river demarking the southern border of the Province, with other small rivers and tributaries. Tà Đùng National Park helps to provide riparian zone protection for the Đồng Nai River basin.

Climate

[edit]

The average temperature is 24 degrees Celsius. The rainy season starts in May and ends in October. The dry season starts in November and ends in April the year after.

Economy

[edit]

Like Đắk Lắk province, coffee, pepper and rubber are the most important products of Đắk Nông. Đắk Nông is a potential province of tourism. There are many beautiful sites such as Ba Tang Waterfall, Diệu Thanh Waterfall, and Nâm Nung pine hill.

Administrative divisions

[edit]

Đắk Nông is subdivided into eight district-level sub-divisions:

Second Tier
subdivisions
Area
(km2)
Third Tier subdivisions
Ward Township Commune
Gia Nghĩa city 286.64 5 3
Cư Jút District 718.90 1 7
Đăk Glong District 7
Đăk Mil District 682.70 1 9
Đăk R'Lấp District 63.42 1 10
Đăk Song District 808.10 1 8
Krông Nô District 816.80 1 11
Tuy Đức District 1123.27 6

They are further subdivided into five commune-level towns (or townlets), 61 communes, and five wards.

History

[edit]

Until recently, Đắk Nông was part of the larger Đắk Lắk province, but is now fully independent. Before 1975, Đắk Nông was part of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and was formerly named Quảng Đức Province. However, after the 1975 Việt Cộng victory and reunification with southern Vietnam in the Vietnam War, Quảng Đức was conjoined with Đắk Lắk Province. For Đắk Nông's history, please see Đắk Lắk province.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Biểu số 4.4: Hiện trạng sử dụng đất vùng Tây Nguyên năm 2022 [Table 4.4: Current land use status in the Central Highlands in 2022] (PDF) (Decision 3048/QĐ-BTNMT) (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). 18 October 2023. – the data in the report are in hectares, rounded to integers
  2. ^ Statistical Handbook of Vietnam 2014, General Statistics Office Of Vietnam
  3. ^ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Đắk Nông năm 2018". Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu tư. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
[edit]