Khánh Hòa is a coastal province in the south region of Vietnam. It borders Đắk Lắk to the northwest, Lâm Đồng to the southwest and the South China Sea to the east.
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| Nickname: Agarwood Land | |
 Location of Khánh Hòa within Vietnam | |
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| Coordinates: 12°15′N 109°12′E / 12.250°N 109.200°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | South Central Coast |
| Capital | Nha Trang ward |
| Government | |
| • People's Committee Chair | Nguyễn Tấn Tuân |
| • People's Council Chair | Vacant |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,555.86 km2 (3,303.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 2,403,554 |
| • Density | 280.925/km2 (727.592/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Raglai, Hoa, Koho, Cham |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Total | VND 76.569 trillion US$ 3.325 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 57xxx |
| Calling code | 258 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-34 |
| HDI (2020) |  0.736[3](19th) |
| Website | www |
In June 2025, it was merged with Ninh Thuận province, forming the new Khánh Hòa Province with an area of 11,911 km2 (4,599 sq mi) and a population of 1,882,000 people.[4] When Jean-Louis Taberd published the map of Annam in 1838, the province was named "Bình Hòa Trấn," with "Trấn" meaning "Department" or province.[5]
Geography
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The highest peak in the province is Vọng Phu Mountain (2,051 m (6,729 ft)) at the border of Đắk Lắk province.[6] The largest lowland area is located around Ninh Hòa in the north of the province.[6] 87,100 ha (215,230 acres) or 16.7% of Khánh Hòa's total area are used for farming.[7][8] Forests cover more than half of the province's area.[8]
Demographics
editKhánh Hòa had an urban population of 466,500 people or 40.7% of the total in 2007, making it the most urbanized province of the South Central Coast. The average population growth per year between 2000 and 2007 was 1.26%, close to the average of the region. Growth was strongest in urban areas (2.24%).[9]
Cham names for Cham villages in Khánh Hòa province are as follows (Sakaya 2014:755-756).[10]
- Thuận Nam District
- Ram Văn Lâm
- Aia Li-u: Phước Lập
- Aia Binguk: Nghĩa Lập (Chăm Jat)
- Pabhan: Vụ Bổn
- Palaw: Hiếu Thiện
- Ninh Phước District
- Hamu Craok: Bầu Trúc
- Caklaing: Mỹ Nghiệp
- Bal Caong: Chung Mỹ
- Hamu Tanran: Hữu Đức
- Thuen: Hậu Sanh
- Mblang Kathaih: Phất Thế
- Padra: Như Ngọc
- Cakhaok: Bình Chữ
- Boah Bini: Hoài Trung
- Boah Dana: Chất Thường
- Caok: Hiếu Lễ
- Mblang Kacak: Phước Đồng
- Baoh Deng: Phú Nhuận
- Katuh: Tuấn Tú
- Cuah Patih: Thành Tín
- Ninh Sơn District
- Cang: Lương Tri
- Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm
- Tabeng: Thành Ý
- Ninh Hải District
- Pamblap Klak: An Nhơn
- Pamblap Birau: Phước Nhơn
- Thuận Bắc District
- Bal Riya: Bỉnh Nghĩa
Economy
editKhánh Hòa has a GDP per capita of 16.1 million VND (2007).[9] Its agricultural sector is smaller than industry and services. Khánh Hòa has had a trade surplus in years, with exports in 2007 of US$503.3 million and imports of US$222.5 million.[7]
Rice harvests are 188,500t in 2007. Its output of sugar cane (738,200t in 2007, 4.25% of the national figure) and cashew nuts (5,238t, 1.74%) are more significant.[9] Khánh Hòa is one of the provinces with a higher gross output in fishing than in agriculture.[7]
Nha Trang is the South Central Coast's second largest industrial center[6] and the province in general accounts for more than one fifth of the region's industrial GDP.[9] Food processing industries include those processing local fishing products and food for shrimp farms. Other industrial sectors produce beverages, fabric, textiles, paper, and construction materials.[7] The province has investment related to the former Russian naval base at Cam Ranh, to which around 30 factories were attached.[11]
Infrastructure
editKhánh Hòa is located along Vietnam's north–south transport corridors. National Road 1 and the North–South Railway run through the province.[12]
Cam Ranh International Airport is located in the south of the province and is the fourth busiest airport in Vietnam, with an international terminal serving as a gateway for international tourists.[13][14]
Notes
editCitations
edit- ↑ Biểu số 4.3: Hiện trạng sử dụng đất vùng Bắc Trung Bộ và Duyên hải miền Trung năm 2022 [Table 4.3: Current land use status in the North Central and South Central Coast regions 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
- ↑ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Khánh Hòa năm 2018". Cổng thông tin điện tử tỉnh Khánh Hòa. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ↑ "Human Development Index by province(*) by Cities, provincies and Year". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ↑ "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 2025-07-19.
- ↑ Meinheit 2016.
- 1 2 3 Atlat địa lí Việt Nam : dùng trong các trường phổ thông (Geographical Atlas of Vietnam). NXB Giao Duc, Hanoi: 2010
- 1 2 3 4 General Statistics Office (2009): Socio-economic Statistical Data of 63 provinces and Cities, Vietnam. Statistical Publishing House, Hanoi
- 1 2 Statistical data.
- 1 2 3 4 calculations based on General Statistics Office (2009): Socio-economical Statistical Data of 63 provinces and Cities. Statistical Publishing House, Hanoi
- ↑ Sakaya. 2014. Từ điển Chăm. Nhà xuất bản Tri Thức. ISBN 978-604-908-999-2
- ↑ "Nga xây lại quân cảng Cam Ranh?". BBC Vietnamese. 2010-10-07. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ↑ Vietnam Road Atlas (Tập Bản đồ Giao thông Đường bộ Việt Nam). Cartographic Publishing House (Vietnam), 2004
- ↑ "Your journey starts here: Explore Cam Ranh International Terminal". Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Nha Trang Airport (Cam Ranh) Vietnam". Retrieved 19 March 2026.
References
edit- Socio-economic Statistical Data of 63 provinces and Cities, 2009, General Statistics Office, Vietnam. For more recent reports, see Socio-economic Statistical Data of 63 provinces and Cities, 2015–2018, archived from the original on 2023-12-10, General Statistics Office, Vietnam. See also Socio-economic data of 63 provinces and centrally-run cities 2015-2021, 2023-06-21, archived from the original on 2023-12-10, WTO-FTA, Vietnam.
- Meinheit, Harold E. (2016), "The Bishop's Map: Vietnamese and Western Cartography Converge" (PDF), The Portolan, archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-12-10, Winter, The Washington Map Society. About the author (from the article): "Harold E. Meinheit is a former American diplomat who spent much of his career in Asia, including Vietnam. He is currently secretary of The Washington Map Society."
Further reading
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- Official website of the provincial government Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine