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Encyclopedia > Bac Giang Province
Name
Name: Tỉnh Bắc Giang
Meaning: "north of the river"
Geography
Capital: Bac Giang
Region: Northeast
Area: 3,822 km²
People
Population: 1,534,900
Ethnicities: Viet, Nung, San Chay, San Diu, Hoa, Tay
Location
image:LocationVietnamBacGiang.png

Bac Giang (in Vietnamese, Bắc Giang) is a Province of Vietnam. It is located in the north of the country, being situated to the east of the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi. The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt) is an ethnic group originating from northern Vietnam and southern China. ... The Nung are an ethnic minority in Vietnam. ... The San Diu (also known as San Deo, Trai, Trai Dat and Man Quan Coc) are an ethnic group in North Vietnam. ... Overseas Chinese (華僑 in pinyin: huáqiáo, or 華胞 huábāo, or 僑胞 qiáobāo) are ethnic Chinese who live outside of the China. ... The Tay are an ethnic group of Vietnam. ... Image File history File links Locator map for the Vietnamese province of Bac Giang. ... Administrative Divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam The country of Vietnam is divided into fifty-nine provinces (known in Vietnamese as tỉnh, from Chinese 省 shÄ›ng). ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: quốc ngữ Hà Ná»™i; chữ nôm 河内), estimated population 4,100,000 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ...


Politically, Bac Giang is divided into nine districts: Hiep Hoa, Lang Giang, Luc Nam, Luc Ngan, Son Dong, Tan Yen, Viet Yen, Yen Dung, and Yen The. The provincial capital, which also known as Bac Giang, is a separate municipality.


Bac Giang is not far the Red River, but does not actually touch it. Approximately a third of Bac Giang's land area is dedicated to agriculture. Increasingly, the province is becoming known as a producer of fruit, particularly pineapples and lychees. Around a quarter of Bac Giang's land area is devoted to forestry. The term Red River has the following uses: Rivers Red River of the North, a river that flows northward between North Dakota and Minnesota into Lake Winnipeg, site of the Red River Settlement; also center of the Red River Valley, a historic region of the United States and Canada Red... Binomial name Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. ... Binomial name Litchi chinensis Sonn. ... Forestry - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...


Historically, Bac Giang province and the neighbouring Bac Ninh Province were united as Ha Bac province. However, the population growth resulted in Ha Bac being split into two new provinces, each based around one of the old province's two major settlements. The new Bac Ninh province was formed around the municipality of Bac Ninh, while the modern Bac Giang province encompasses Bac Giang municipality and most of the old Ha Bac province's rural districts. Tỉnh Bắc Ninh Geography Capital: Bac Ninh Region: Northeast Area: 804 km² Districts: 7 People Population: 971,300 Ethnicities: Viet, Tay, Nung, Muong Government Council Chairperson: Nguyen The Thao Committee Chairperson: Nguyen The Thao Map Vietnamese, Bắc Ninh) is a Province of Vietnam. ...


External link

  • Bac Giang Province official website

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Nhan Dan --- Life (69 words)
To improve the quality of grassroots medical workers, Bac Giang province has issued incentive policies to attract doctors to communal medical establishments.
The province’s health care service in co-ordination with Thai Nguyen university of medicine have trained medical workers for grassroots establishments.
Since early 2005, the province has recruited 21 medical workers, doctors, of whom 15 medical workers had joined a volunteer project in remote communes in the province.
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bac Giang Province (255 words)
Bac Giang (in Vietnamese, Bắc Giang) is a Province of Vietnam.
Increasingly, the province is becoming known as a producer of fruit, particularly pineapples and lychees.
The new Bắc Ninh Province was formed around the municipality of Bắc Ninh, while the modern Bắc Giang Province encompasses Bắc Giang Municipality and most of the old Ha Bắc Province's rural districts.
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