Kon Tum Province

Kon Tum Province Tỉnh Kon Tum
—  Province  —
Location of Kon Tum within Vietnam
Coordinates: 14°45′N 107°55′E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Central Highlands
Capital	Kon Tum
Government
• People's Council Chair
• People's Committee Chair
Area
• Total	9,614.5 km2 (3,712.2 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	432,900
• Density	Bad rounding here45/km2 (Bad rounding here120/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Vietnamese, Xơ Đăng, Ba Na, Giẻ Triêng, Ra Glai
Time zone	ICT (UTC+7)
Calling code	60
ISO 3166 code	VN-28
Website	www.kontum.gov.vn

Kon Tum Province lies in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam and shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,934 square km and a population of approximately 330,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.

Name

The name Kon Tum comes from the name of a village of the Bahnar ethnic group. In the Bahnar language, kon means "village" and tum means "pool". Prior to the adoption of quốc ngữ, the name was rendered in Hán tự (Sino-Vietnamese characters), in official documents, as 崑嵩.

Administration

Kon Tum is divided into 8 districts:

• Đắk Glei
• Đắk Hà
• Đắk Tô
• Kon Plông
• Kon Rẫy
• Ngọc Hồi
• Sa Thầy
• Tu Mơ Rông

The capital, Kon Tum, is its own municipality.

There are 76 communes, 10 wards, and 6 towns.

Geography

Neighboring provinces are Quảng Nam to the north, Quảng Ngãi to the east and Gia Lai to the south. The capital city is Kon Tum.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Kon Tum Province include the Viet, Ba Na, Brau, Giẻ Triêng, Jarai, Rơ Măm, and Xo Dang.

Notable residents

• Siu Black, popular singer

See also

• Battle of Dak To

External links

• Kon Tum Province government official site