Rạch Giá
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the former provincial capital of the former Kien Giang province, Vietnam
Key facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Province
- Kiên Giang
- Total
- 105.86 km (40.87 sq mi)
- Density
- 4,344/km (11,250/sq mi)
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Encyclopedic overview
Rạch Giá (listen) is a provincial city and the former capital of Kiên Giang province, Vietnam. It is located on the Eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, 250 kilometres (160 mi) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City. East of city, it borders Tân Hiệp and Châu Thành town, the Gulf of Thailand is to the West and surrounds some parts of the city, south of the city is Châu Thành and An Biên town, and to the North it borders Hòn Đất and Tân Hiệp.
On 1 July 2025, Rạch Giá ceased to exist as a municipal city following the elimination of district level units in Vietnam.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rạch Giá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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