Tien Giang province

Tien Giang province
Tien Giang province
Tỉnh Tiền Giang
—  Province  —
My Tho
Nickname(s): Anterior River
Location of Tiền Giang within Vietnam
Coordinates: 10°25′N 106°10′E / 10.417°N 106.167°E / 10.417; 106.167Coordinates: 10°25′N 106°10′E / 10.417°N 106.167°E / 10.417; 106.167
Country  Vietnam
Region Mekong Delta
Capital Mỹ Tho
Government
 - People's Council Chair Đỗ Tấn Minh
 - People's Committee Chair Nguyễn Hữu Chí
Area
 - Total 2,367 km2 (913.9 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 - Total 1,635,700
 - Density 691/km2 (1,789.8/sq mi)
Demographics
 - Ethnicities Vietnamese, Hoa, Khmer, Tày
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Calling code 73
ISO 3166 code VN-46
Website tiengiang.gov.vn

Tiền Giang (About this sound listen) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.

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Administrative divisions

The province comprises one city (thành phố), one town (thị xã), and eight districts (huyện):

  1. Thành phố Mỹ Tho
  2. Thị xã Gò Công
  3. Gò Công Đông
  4. Gò Công Tây
  5. Chợ Gạo
  6. Châu Thành
  7. Tân Phước
  8. Cai Lậy
  9. Cái Bè
  10. Tân Phú Đông

Notable people from Tiền Giang

  1. Empress Dowager Từ Dũ (1810–1902), mother of the Nguyễn Dynasty's Emperor Tu Duc
  2. Empress Nam Phuong (1914–1963), consort of Emperor Bao Dai, the only empress consort of the Nguyễn Dynasty
  3. Nguyễn Hữu Huân (1830–1875), a scholar and leader of an anti-French colonialist movement in Cochinchina
  4. Nguyễn Thị Thập (1908–1996), Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1960–1975), and Chairwoman of the Women's Federation of Vietnam (1956–1974)
  5. Truong My Hoa (1945-...), Vice-President of Vietnam (2002–2007), Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam (1997–2002), Chairwoman of the Women's Federation of Vietnam (1992–1998)
  6. Lê Thanh Hải (1950-...), member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City's Communist Party Committee (2006-date)

Etymology

The province's name derives from Sino-Vietnamese (Hán Tự: ), which means "the Front River".

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