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Bắc Ninh is a province located in Vietnam, situated in the northern part of the country. It is an important industrial and economic hub in the region, known for its manufacturing sectors and contribution to Vietnam's overall development.
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- Instance of
- province of Vietnam
- Country
- Vietnam
- Located in
- Vietnam
- Contains
- Yên Phong
- Capital
- Bắc Ninh
- Population
- 3509200
- Area
- 822.71
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Shares border with
- Hải Dương
- Official website
- www.bacninh.gov.vn
- Image
- Trung tâm văn hóa Kinh Bắc.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bac Ninh
- topic's main category
- Category:Bắc Ninh province
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bắc Ninh province
- urban population
- 554570
- rural population
- 933680
- postal code
- 16000–16999
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Encyclopedic overview
Bắc Ninh ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɓɐ̌k˧˥ nīɲ]) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Northern Midlands and Mountains. It borders Hanoi, Hải Phòng, Hưng Yên province, Lạng Sơn province, and Thái Nguyên province. The province covers an area of 822.71 km (317.65 mi) and as of 2022 it had a population of 1.488.250.
The province is known for Quan họ folk music. Quan họ was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 2009. Bắc Ninh has a Human Development Index of 0.779 (high), ranking seventh among all municipalities and provinces of Vietnam. It was ranked eighth in Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and third in per capita GRDP among Vietnamese administrative units. The GRDP reached 248.376 trillion Vietnamese Đồng (equivalent to over 10.8 billion USD), with a per capita GRDP of 7,250 USD (equivalent to 167 million Đồng), and a GRDP growth rate of 7.39% in 2022.
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