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Ca Mau
Thành phố Cà MauCa Mau seen from the air Location of in Vietnam Coordinates: 9°11′N 105°9′E / 9.183°N 105.15°E Country Vietnam
Province Ca Mau Area[1] – Land 250.3 km2 (96.6 sq mi) Population (2010) – Total 204,895 [1] Website Tỉnh Cà Mau Cà Mau (
listen) is a city in southern Vietnam. It is the capital of Ca Mau province, a province in the Mekong Delta region, in the southernmost part of Vietnam's inland territory. Vietnam's incumbent Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was born and raised here. The city is characterized by its system of transport canals and most goods are transported here by boats and barges.
The city's population is approximately 204,895 (as of 2010).[1] The majority of its residents is ethnic Vietnamese, with 300 Khmer Krom households and 400 Hoa households. Ca Mau city is accessible by road (360 km south-west of Ho Chi Minh City) via National Road 1A or by air (Ca Mau Airport). Ca Mau is administratively subdivided into 8 urban phuong and 7 rural xa.[2]
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Economy
Ca Mau is Vietnam's biggest exporter of shrimp and prawns. In 2005, Ca Mau province alone exported about $500 million of shrimp and prawns. A large petroleum project under construction, the Ca Mau Gas Power Fertilizer Project, is valued at $ 1.4 billion with the following constructions:
- 2 thermal power plants with total capacity of 1500 MW (equipment to be provided by the German company Siemens)
- A fertilizer plant with production capacity at 800,000 metric tonnes of urea/year, and
- A gas pipeline 18 inches in diameter to extend 298 km offshore and with 27 km onshore piping in gas from the PM3 gas field shared with Malaysia. Two billion cubic meters of gas will be piped to feed these plants per year.
The project is to be completed in 2009.[3]
Tourism
Ca Mau has several attractions that draw domestic and international tourists. These include several wild bird parks, the southernmost point in Vietnam (called Mũi Cà Mau), and a number of Khmer pagodas. Near Ca Mau is the U Minh area with its famous mangrove forest and swamp cuisine: fish hot pots, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Khmer cuisine. Ca Mau also has several 1- to 3-star hotel restaurants.
History
The region of the present Ca Mau province was once a territory of the Kingdom of Funan (in Vietnamese: Vương quốc Phù Nam), which included Laos, Cambodia, and extended east to Thailand, and southern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Nam Bộ). This region later became a part of the Chan La Kingdom (in Vietnamese: Chân Lạp) and the Khmer Empire, which included Cambodia, eastern Thailand, and southern Vietnam. In 1757, the land belonging to Ca Mau province (in Khmer language "the black land") was ceded by the Chan Lap king to the Nguyen Lord of Vietnam with an early settlement of Khmer, Chinese and Vietnamese. During the French colonial period, Ca Mau was only a small town. During the Vietnam War, the area nearby Ca Mau was a stronghold (in Vietnamese: Chiến khu cách mạng) for the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam also known as the "Viet Cong," a Hanoi-backed guerrilla group fighting the United States Army and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War. After 1975, Ca Mau was made the administrative seat and the governmental center of Minh Hai province, which included Ca Mau and Bac Lieu province). In 1995, Ca Mau province broke off from Minh Hai province with Ca Mau its capital. In 1999, the prime minister by a decree recognized Ca Mau (in Vietnamese: Thị xã) as a city – Ca Mau city (3rd class urban area as per Vietnamese laws).[2] In 2010, the Prime Minister further upgraded Ca Mau to a 2nd class urban area.[4]
Transportation
Ca Mau is served by Ca Mau Airport.
References
- ^ a b c Nghị quyết số 24/NQ-CP ngày 04 tháng 6 năm 2009 của Chính phủ Việt Nam.
- ^ a b "Thành phố Cà Mau". Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Cà Mau (Camau City People's Committee). http://www.camau.gov.vn/index.php?o=modules&n=info&f=intro&root=1&idmenu=118&id=120.
- ^ VietNamNet Bridge. English.vietnamnet.vn. Retrieved on 15 November 2011.
- ^ Life. Nhan Dan. Retrieved on 15 November 2011.
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Coordinates: 9°11′N 105°09′E / 9.183°N 105.15°E
Cà Mau Province
Cà Mau Phường: Phường 1 • Phường 2 • Phường 3 • Phường 4 • Phường 5 • Phường 6 • Phường 7 • Phường 8 • Phường 9 • Tân Thành • Tân Xuyên • Xã: An Xuyên • Định Bình • Hòa Tân • Hòa Thành • Lý Văn Lâm • Tắc Vân • Tân ThànhCái Nước Cái Nước, Hiệp Hưng, Trần Thời, Tân Thới, Tân Hưng, Phong Hưng, Tân Hưng Đông, Hưng Mỹ, Bình Mỹ, Phú Lộc, Phú Hưng, Tân Hiệp, Đông Thới, Thanh Hưng, Thạch Phúc, Thạnh Trung, Lương Thế Tân, Hoà Mỹ, Tân Hải, Phú Hoà, Phú Hiệp, Việt Thắng, Việt Hùng, Tân Hưng Tây, Nguyễn Việt Khái, Phú Thuận, Phú Mỹ A, Phú Thành, Tân Nghiệp, Tân Phong, Việt Dũng, Việt CườngĐầm Dơi Đầm Dơi, Thanh Tùng, Quách Phẩm, Quách Phẩm Bắc, Trần Phán, Tân Duyệt, Tạ An Khương, Tạ An Khương Đông, Tạ An Khương Nam, Tân Đức, Tân Tiến, Nguyễn Huân, Tân Thuận, Ngọc Khánh, Tân Trung, Tân DânNăm Căn Ngọc Hiển Phú Tân Thới Bình Trần Văn Thời Trần Văn Thời, Sông Đốc, Khánh Bình Tây Bắc, Khánh Bình Tây, Trần Hợi, Khánh Bình, Khánh Hưng, Khánh Bình Đông, Khánh Hải, Lợi An, Phong lạc, Phong Điền, Khánh LộcU Minh Districts of the Mekong Delta Region
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