Đắk Nông or Ðắc Nông, is a province

Provinces of Vietnam

Vietnam is divided into 58 provinces and five centrally governed cities existing at the same level as provinces ....

 of Vietnam

Vietnam

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. It is located in the country's Central Highlands

Tây Nguyên

Tây Nguyên, translated as Western Highlands and sometimes also called Central Highlands, is one of the regions of Vietnam. It contains the provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lâm Đồng....

. The provincial capital is Gia Nghĩa

Gia Nghia

Gia Nghĩa is the capital town of Ðăk Nông Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam....

.

Geography

Dak Nong borders Dak Lak province in the north, Lam Dong province in the south-east, Binh Phuoc province

Binh Phuoc Province

Bình Phước is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the southeastern region of the country, to the north of Ho Chi Minh City. It shares a border with Cambodia.-History:...

 and Cambodia

Cambodia

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 in the west. It is located in the southern part of the Central Highlands

Tây Nguyên

Tây Nguyên, translated as Western Highlands and sometimes also called Central Highlands, is one of the regions of Vietnam. It contains the provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lâm Đồng....

, about 500m above sea level. The terrain is lower in the west. Đắk Nông has large fields and lakes in the south. Dak Nong has three main river systems: Ba River, Serepok River and other small rivers

Climate

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

Like Đắk Lắk Province, coffee

Coffee

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, pepper

Capsicum

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 and rubber

Rubber

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 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, Dieu Thanh Waterfall, and Nam Nung pine hill.

Administration

Đắk Nông is divided into seven districts:

• Cư Jút
• Đăk Mil
• Đăk Glong
• Đăk R'Lấp
• Đăk Song
• Krông Nô
• Tuy Đức

The town of Gia Nghĩa is a separate municipality.

History

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

South Vietnam

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 (Republic of Vietnam), and Đắk Nông Province was formerly named Quang Duc Province, but after the 1975 Viet Cong conquest over the South in the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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, Quang Duc was conjoined with Đắk Lắk Province. For Đắk Nông's history, please see Đắk Lắk Province.