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Southeast Asia > Vietnam > Geography

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

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam, Viet Nam, Vietnam SR, Việt Nam

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