| VIETNAMESE GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
slightly larger than New Mexico |
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Capital city with population
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Hanoi - 3,083,800 |
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Forested Land
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30.2% |
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[80th of 193]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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6.93 %
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[44th of 241]
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Largest city with population
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Hanoi - 3,083,800 |
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Location
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia |
Map references
Southeast Asia |
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Maritime claims > Contiguous zone
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24 nm
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[64th of 82]
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Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[117th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[127th of 190]
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Natural hazards
occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta |
Natural resources
phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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23°22'N |
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Population density
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237.62 people per sqkm |
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[49th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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268.07 people/m²
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[37th of 204]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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926.9 people/km² of arable lan |
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[7th of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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329,310 km²
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[66th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Fan Si Pan |
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Terrain
low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest |
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