Đắk Nông, anglicized as Daknong, was a former southern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Đắk Lắk to the north, Lâm Đồng to the southeast, Bình Phước and Mondulkiri of Cambodia to the west. It was dissolved and merged with Lâm Đồng province on 12 June 2025.[4]
Đắk Nông
Quảng Đức | |
|---|---|
| Đắk Nông province | |
          Dray Sap Falls • Mơ Nông Plateau • Dak R'Tih River • Đạo Nguyên Temple • Nam Đông Mountain | |
 Seal | |
 Location of Đắk/Ðắc Nông within Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 11°59′N 107°42′E / 11.983°N 107.700°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Central Highlands |
| Capital | Gia Nghĩa |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,509.27 km2 (2,513.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2025)[2] | |
• Total | 746,149 |
| • Density | 114.629/km2 (296.887/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Ê Đê, Nùng, M'Nông, Tày |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Total | VND 29.227 trillion US$ 1.268 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area codes | 261 (from 17 June 2017) 501 (until 16 July 2017) |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-72 |
| Website | daknong |
Name
editIts name comes from the Đăk Nông River, an upper stream of the Đồng Nai River. Daàk-nông means "River of the Mnong" in Mnong language.
Geography
editĐắk Nông is about 500m above sea level in elevation. The terrain is lower in the west. Đắk Nông has large fields and lakes in the south. Đắk Nông has three main river systems: the Ba River, the Srepok (or Sêrêpôk) river (part of the Mekong river basin) and Đồng Nai river demarking the southern border of the Province, with other small rivers and tributaries. Tà Đùng National Park helps to provide riparian zone protection for the Đồng Nai River basin.
Climate
editThe average temperature is 24 degrees Celsius. The rainy season starts in May and ends in October. The dry season starts in November and ends in April the year after.
Economy
editAdministrative divisions
editĐắk Nông is subdivided into eight district-level sub-divisions:
| Second Tier subdivisions |
Area (km2) |
Third Tier subdivisions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | Township | Commune | ||
| Gia Nghĩa city | 286.64 | 5 | 3 | |
| Cư Jút District | 718.90 | 1 | 7 | |
| Đăk Glong District | 7 | |||
| Đăk Mil District | 682.70 | 1 | 9 | |
| Đăk R'Lấp District | 63.42 | 1 | 10 | |
| Đăk Song District | 808.10 | 1 | 8 | |
| Krông Nô District | 816.80 | 1 | 11 | |
| Tuy Đức District | 1123.27 | 6 | ||
They are further subdivided into five commune-level towns (or townlets), 61 communes, and five wards.
History
editBefore 1975, Đắk Nông was part of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and was formerly named Quảng Đức Province. However, after the 1975 Việt Cộng victory and reunification with southern Vietnam in the Vietnam War, Quảng Đức was conjoined with Đắk Lắk Province.
References
edit- ↑ Biểu số 4.4: Hiện trạng sử dụng đất vùng Tây Nguyên năm 2022 [Table 4.4: Current land use status in the Central Highlands in 2022] (PDF) (Decision 3048/QĐ-BTNMT) (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). 18 October 2023. – the data in the report are in hectares, rounded to integers
- ↑ Statistical Handbook of Vietnam 2014, General Statistics Office Of Vietnam
- ↑ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Đắk Nông năm 2018". Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu tư. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ↑ "Quốc hội thông qua Nghị quyết về việc sắp xếp đơn vị hành chính cấp tỉnh, từ ngày 12/6, cả nước còn 34 tỉnh, thành phố". National Assembly of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). 2025-06-12. Archived from the original on 2025-06-12. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
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