Rạch Giá, Kiên Giang Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

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🇻🇳 Rạch Giá is a provincial city and the capital city of Kiên Giang Province, Vietnam. It is located on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, 250 km (160 mi) south-west of Ho Chi Minh City. East of city, it borders Tân Hiệp and Châu Thành town, the Gulf of Thailand is to the west and surrounds some parts of the city, south of the city is Châu Thành and An Biên town, and to the north it borders Hòn Đất and Tân Hiệp.

Administrative units Rạch Giá was upgraded from a town to a city on July 26, 2005. The city has 12 administrative units: • Vĩnh Thanh Vân Ward • Vĩnh Thanh Ward • Vĩnh Lạc Ward • Vĩnh Lợi Ward • Vĩnh Quang Ward • An Hòa Ward • An Bình Ward • Rạch Sỏi Ward • Vĩnh Thông Ward • Vĩnh Hiệp Ward • Phi Thông Commune.

Rạch Giá is the first city where the Vietnamese government applied a "lấn biển" project to build out to the ocean to expand territory. The "lấn biển" project expanded the city to become one of the biggest new cities in south-west Vietnam. This project added 2 more new wards in Rạch Giá. Besides that, several future construction projects such as industrial centre Rach Vuot and urban city Vĩnh Hiệp which will be started after finishing Lạc Hồng Bridge will expand Rạch Giá to the east.

Culture and tourism Ceremony of Nguyễn Trung Trực is held annually in lunar August.

Historic National historical sites: • Nguyễn Trung Trực temple • Tam Bảo pagoda • Vĩnh Hoà temple • Huỳnh Mẫn Đạt grave • Phật Lớn pagoda • Láng Cát pagoda • Kiên Giang museum • Quan Đế pagoda Other historical sites: • Sắc Tứ Tam Bảo Temple • Tam quan gate. This is the historical main gate and the symbol of Rạch Giá City. • Nguyễn Hiền Điều temple • Suông council • Bắc Đế temple • Thiên Hậu temple • Thiên Hậu Palace.

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Rạch Giá has a population of over 250,660 people. Rạch Giá also forms the centre of the wider Kiên Giang Province which has a population of over 1,683,149 people.

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Antipodal to Rạch Giá is: -74.912,-10.007

Locations Near: Rạch Giá 105.088,10.0068

🇻🇳 Long Xuyên 105.435,10.382 d: 56.4  

🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 105.788,10.036 d: 76.7  

🇻🇳 Châu Đốc 105.12,10.707 d: 77.9  

🇻🇳 Cao Lãnh 105.63,10.467 d: 78.3  

🇻🇳 Sa Đéc 105.766,10.296 d: 80.9  

🇻🇳 Bạc Liêu 105.488,9.314 d: 88.7  

🇻🇳 Cà Mau 105.152,9.177 d: 92.6  

🇻🇳 Vĩnh Long 105.97,10.249 d: 100.2  

🇻🇳 Sóc Trăng 105.969,9.605 d: 106.4  

🇻🇳 Phú Quốc 103.95,10.233 d: 127.1  

Antipodal to: Rạch Giá -74.912,-10.007

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🇵🇪 Pucallpa -74.517,-8.383 d: 19829.4  

🇵🇪 Huancayo -75.211,-12.075 d: 19782.9  

🇵🇪 Huaraz -77.533,-9.533 d: 19723.1  

🇵🇪 Ancón -77.15,-11.733 d: 19704.3  

🇵🇪 Villa El Salvador -77,-12.05 d: 19693.3  

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