Ngoc Hien
Encyclopedia
Ngọc Hiển is the southernmost district (huyện)
of Cà Mau Province
in the Mekong Delta
region of Vietnam.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 79,546. The district covers an area of 743 km². The district capital lies at Viên An Đông
.
Districts of Vietnam
||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....
of Cà Mau Province
Ca Mau Province
Cà Mau is a province of Vietnam, named after its capital city. It is located in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, and is the southernmost of Vietnam's 58 provinces...
in the Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.The...
region of Vietnam.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 79,546. The district covers an area of 743 km². The district capital lies at Viên An Đông
Viên An Đông
Viên An Đông is a commune and village in Ngọc Hiển District, Cà Mau Province, in Vietnam....
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Divisions
The district is divided into communes:- Rạch Gốc (urban municipality)
- Đất Mũi
- Tam Giang Tây
- Tân Ân
- Tân Ân Tây
- Viên AnViên AnViên An is a commune in the Ngoc Hien district of Ca Mau Province, Vietnam, approximately 56 kilometres from Ca Mau city. It borders Rạch Gốc on the Ca Mau Peninsula of the South China Sea near the southernmost tip of Vietnam....
- Viên An Đông