🇻🇳 Bà Rịa is a city in the Southeast region of Vietnam. It is the provincial capital of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province. Bà Rịa linked with the city of Vũng Tàu by the Cỏ May Bridge. This is the de jure seat of the province since most of the provincial administration agencies are located here. Bà Rịa officially became the provincial capital of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu from 2 May 2012, replacing Vũng Tàu in that role.
Geography: Location Bà Rịa is located 90 km east south-east of Ho Chi Minh City and 20 km north-west of the petroleum city of Vũng Tàu. Bà Rịa borders Châu Đức District and part of Tân Thành District to the north, Vũng Tàu to the south, Long Điền District to the east, and Tân Thành District to the west. Bà Rịa has an area of 197.5 km², including seven urban wards (phường) (Long Toàn, Phước Hiệp, Phước Hưng, Phước Nguyên, Phước Trung, Long Hương, and Kim Dinh), and 3 rural communes (xã) (Hòa Long, Tân Hưng, and Long Phước). As of 2011, the town has 122,424 inhabitants; the density is 3,500 inhabitants/km².
Administration The city was promoted from the town of Bà Rịa to the capital city on 22 August 2012. The town was founded on 2 June 1994 from the split of the district of Châu Thành into the districts of Châu Đức, Tân Thành, and Bà Rịa. Many provincial agencies have been relocated from Vũng Tàu to Bà Rịa. By 2007, this city was a 3rd-class municipality in Vietnam and was upgraded to 2nd class municipality on 27 November 2014.
Transport Bà Rịa is an important transport hub of the province, on Route 51, Road 52 and Road 56. Bà Rịa is situated about 48 km south-east of the planned Long Thành International Airport on National Route 51 (Vietnam). Bà Rịa has Bà Rịa Secres Port. It is connected to Xuân Lộc by road.
Tourist Industry Bà Rịa is on the way from Ho Chi Minh City to the seaside resorts at the Long Hải and Bình Châu hot springs.
Bà Rịa has a population of over 122,424 people. Bà Rịa also forms the centre of the wider Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province which has a population of over 1,410,841 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu has links with:
🇰🇷 Ansan, South Korea 🇦🇺 Darwin, Australia 🇰🇷 Goyang, South Korea 🇨🇦 Halifax, Canada 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan 🇰🇷 Muan County, South Korea 🇷🇺 Naryan-Mar, Russia 🇮🇩 Padang, Indonesia 🇦🇺 Parramatta, Australia 🇰🇷 Pohang, South Korea 🇷🇺 Rostov, Russia 🇷🇺 Yekaterinburg, Russia🇻🇪 Libertador 10.506
🇵🇭 San Carlos 10.49
🇵🇭 Compostela 10.47
🇻🇪 Puerto Cabello 10.467
🇨🇴 Valledupar 10.465
🇻🇳 Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 107.25
Locations Near: Bà Rịa 107.171,10.4939
🇻🇳 Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 107.25,10.583 d: 13.2
🇻🇳 Vũng Tàu 107.083,10.342 d: 19.4
🇻🇳 Phú Mỹ 107.053,10.64 d: 20.7
🇻🇳 Long Khánh 107.167,10.917 d: 47
🇻🇳 Thủ Đức 106.772,10.849 d: 58.8
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 106.7,10.767 d: 59.7
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh 106.7,10.767 d: 59.7
🇻🇳 Dĩ An 106.767,10.895 d: 62.7
Antipodal to: Bà Rịa -72.829,-10.494
🇵🇪 Oxapampa -75.405,-10.574 d: 19733.3
🇵🇪 Pucallpa -74.517,-8.383 d: 19716.2
🇵🇪 Urubamba -72.199,-13.28 d: 19697.8
🇵🇪 Huancayo -75.211,-12.075 d: 19701.5
🇧🇷 Cruzeiro do Sul -72.667,-7.617 d: 19694.7
🇵🇪 Ayacucho -74.217,-13.15 d: 19683.4
🇵🇪 Cusco -71.967,-13.517 d: 19666.1
🇵🇪 Andahuaylas -73.383,-13.65 d: 19659
🇵🇪 Tingo Maria -75.983,-9.283 d: 19644.3