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The district capital lies at U Minh. [2] It is located on Vietnam's western coast on the Cà Mau Peninsula, abutting the Gulf of Thailand. It is bordered by the districts of U Minh Thượng district to the north in Kiên Giang province, Trần Văn Thời to the south and Thới Bình to the east. The terrain is mostly flat, salty floodplains.
U Minh Thượng ("Upper U Minh") is a rural district of Kiên Giang province in Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It was established in 2007. It was established in 2007. U Minh Thượng's area is 432.703 km² and its population is 68,076 people.
U Minh Thuong National Park is widely considered the richest region of the Mekong delta in terms of plant and animal biodiversity. [3] It boasts of over 243 plant species. [ 2 ] The park has a rich and varied mammalian population, totaling an impressive 32 species, including hairy-nosed otters .
U Minh Hạ National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia U Minh Hạ) or National Park of Lower U Minh is a national park of Vietnam. The park is located in Cà Mau province (communes Khánh Lâm, Khanh An of U Minh district and communes of Trần Hợi, Khánh Bình Tây Bắc of Trần Văn Thời district). The park has an area of 82.86 ...
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
Located in the centre of U Minh Thượng, "Hồ Hoa Mai" (Apricot) Ecological Tourist Area is a destination for travellers. From high watch-towers, the apricot-shaped lake can be seen, and interminable green cajuput (in Vietnamese: cây tràm - the most popular tree in the region which forms extensive forests) forests surrounding below.
1863 map of Long Xuyen. In 1789, a group of explorers established a small outpost in the Tam Khe canal, naming it Dong Xuyen. Soon after, a marketplace was created and named Long Xuyên, but by the 1860s the area became better known for the Long Xuyen market than by the official outpost's name.
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