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Encyclopedia > Bac Kan province
Name
Name: Tỉnh Bắc Kạn
Meaning: ?
Geography
Capital: Bac Kan
Region: Northeast
Area: 4,857km²
People
Population: 286,300
Ethnicities: Viet, Tay, Nung, Dao
Location
image:LocationVietnamBacKan.png

Bac Kan (in Vietnamese, Bắc Kạn), occasionally spelled Bac Can, is a Province of Vietnam. It is located in the north of the country, due north of the capital Hanoi. Bac Kan is the capital city of Bac Kan Province. ... The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt) is an ethnic group originating from northern Vietnam and southern China. ... The Tay are an ethnic group of Vietnam. ... The Nung are an ethnic minority in Vietnam. ... ... Image File history File links Locator map for the Vietnamese province of Bac Kan. ... For other province-level divisions, see Political divisions of China. ... 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 Kan is divided into six districts: Ba Be, Bach Thong, Cho Don, Cho Moi, Na Ri, and Ngan Son. The provincial capital, also known as Bac Kan, is a separate municipality. Bac Kan is the capital city of Bac Kan Province. ...


Bac Kan is a mountainous province, and has considerable natural resources (particularly in mining and forestry). The province also generates a certain amount of tourism, with the mountains, rivers, and lakes of Bac Kan being considered quite scenic. Ba Be lake is a particularly popular destination. The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...


External link

  • Bac Kan Province official website (in Vietnamese)

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Bac Kan Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (143 words)
The provincial capital, also known as Bac Kan, is a separate municipality.
Bac Kan is a mountainous province, and has considerable natural resources (particularly in mining and forestry).
The province also generates a certain amount of tourism, with the mountains, rivers, and lakes of Bac Kan being considered quite scenic.
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