Thái Nguyên (Province)

Thái Nguyên
Provincial capital:	Thái Nguyên
Region:	Northeast
Surface:	3,542.6 km²
Residents:	1,227,400 (2016) {{{Proof}}}
Population density :	346 inhabitants / km²
License plate :	20th
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Thái Nguyên with the capital of the same name, Thái Nguyên, is a province in the mountainous north of Vietnam . It extends over 3562.82 km² and has about one million inhabitants. It makes up 1.13% of the area and 1.14% of the population of Vietnam.

Buddha statue in Thái Nguyên

Thái Nguyên borders the provinces of Bắc Cạn in the north, Vĩnh Phúc and Tuyên Quang in the west, and Lạng Sơn and Bắc Giang in the east. In the south it borders on the capital Hà Nội . As the social, economic and political center of the Vietnamese north-east, Thái Nguyên is the link between the north-east and the Red River delta . People and goods are transported between the regions via road, rail and waterways. Thái Nguyên is also home to various ethnic groups and the cultural and academic center of the north.

Web links

• Province website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )

Coordinates: 21 ° 40 ′  N , 105 ° 50 ′  E