Kon Tum province

Coordinates: 14°45′N 107°55′E / 14.750°N 107.917°E / 14.750; 107.917
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Kon Tum province
Tỉnh Kon Tum
Province
Rông House Kon Klor  • Dams Yaly  • Stream Đắk Glei  • Mountain Đắk Glei  • The border mark of the tripoint between Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia  • Bố Y Border Gate  • Kon Tum wooden church  • Bishop of Kon Tum Building  • Hotel Đồi Thông  • Mountain Măng Đen  • River Đắk Bla
UTC+7 (ICT)
Calling code60
ISO 3166 codeVN-28
Websitewww.kontum.gov.vn

Kon Tum (Vietnamese pronunciation:

Ratanakiri of Cambodia
in the west.

Kon Tum shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,934 square km and a population of approximately 530,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.

Name

The name Kon Tum comes from the name of a village of the Bahnar ethnic group. In the Bahnar language, kon means "village" and tum means "pool". Prior to the adoption of the Vietnamese alphabet in the 1920s, the name was rendered as 崑嵩.

Administrative divisions

Kon Tum is subdivided into ten district-level sub-divisions:

Second Tier
subdivisions 		Area
(km2) 		Third Tier subdivisions
Wards
Townships
Communes
Kon Tum city 432.98 10 11
Đắk Glei District
 1495.26 1 11
Đắk Hà District
 844.47 1 10
Đắk Tô District
 509.24 1 8
Ia H'Drai District
 980.13 3
Kon Plông District
 1381.20 9
Kon Rẫy District
 886.60 1 6
Ngọc Hồi District
 824.00 1 7
Sa Thầy District
 1435.22 1 10
Tu Mơ Rông District
 857.18 11

They are further subdivided into six commune-level towns (or townlets), 83 communes, and 10 wards.

Geography

The capital city is Kon Tum, located on the Đăk Bla River.

The southern border with

Sê San river up to Yali Falls Dam, as well as part of the Dak Bla, Dak Pokei and Dak Poe rivers. The Sa Thầy River, a tributary of the Sê San, also runs through the province.[2]

The province is primarily located in the Sê San river basin, though parts are also in the headwaters of the

Sekong Rivers
.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Kon Tum province include the

Giẻ Triêng, Jarai, Rơ Măm, and Xo Dang
.

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Kon Tum năm 2018". Cục Thống kê tỉnh Kon Tum. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Khảo sát tính đa dạng sinh học của lưu vực sông Sa Thầy".

External links

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