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North Central Coast Bắc Trung Bộ
Map showing location of the Bắc Trung Bộ (North Central Region) region in Vietnam
Country	Vietnam
Area
• Total	51,242.75 km (19,784.94 sq mi)
Population
• Total	11,190,830
• Density	220/km (570/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	VND 433 trillion US$ 19.3 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC +7)
HDI (2022)	0.711 high · 3rd

Bắc Trung Bộ (literally North Central Region, and often translated as North Central Coast) is one of the geographic regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces in northern part of Central Vietnam: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên–Huế. The last two provinces were the northernmost provinces of State of Vietnam and South Vietnam until Reunification of Vietnam in 1976. In the Nguyễn dynasty, this area (except Thừa Thiên) was known as Hữu Trực Kỳ (the area located in the left of Thừa Thiên).

Provinces

History

Four of the northernmost provinces of the north central coast region, fell within the communist-ruled North Vietnam (DRVN, controlled territory above 17th parallel according to Geneva accords), were hostile to the United States and ARVN forces throughout the Vietnam War as it was a NLF (Viet Cong) stronghold and patron.

Culture

This region features three out of UNESCO's seven World Heritage Sites in Vietnam, namely: Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park (2003) under Natural, and Complex of Huế Monuments (1993) and Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (2011) under Cultural.

Economy

The Bắc Trung Bộ region has the second lowest GDP per capita in the country, while the Northwest (Tây Bắc) region ranks the lowest GDP per capita.

Demographics

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The monthly income for the North Central Coast is 902,900 VND compared with the whole country of 1,387,200 VND (2010).

The percentage of households with permanent housing for the North Central Coast is 75.6% compared with the whole country of 49.2% (2010).

The household size for the North Central Coast is 3.94 (2010).

The percentage of the population aged 15 years old and over obtained the following education in the North Central Coast: Never go to school 5.2%; Primary 19.3%; Lower secondary 33.1%; Upper secondary 17.3%; College, University 5.2%; Postgraduate 0.1% (2010).

The percentage of the population aged 15 years old and over work in the following industries: Agriculture 59.9%; Forestry 2.1%; Fishery 1.8%; Industry 7.5%; Construction 6.6%; Trade 7.7%; Services 14.5% (2010).

References

1. ^ "Area, population and population density by province". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 12 April 2024. – Interactive table which you can view by making your selection in three boxes: (1) Cities, provinces: Select all; (2) Year: Select 2023; (3) Items: Select all.
2. ^ Phê duyệt và công bố kết quả thống kê diện tích đất đai năm 2022 [Approve and announce the results of land area statistics in 2022] (Decision 3048/QĐ-BTNMT) (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). 18 October 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
4. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Viet Nam - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
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v t e Districts of North Central Coast of Vietnam
Thanh Hóa province	Thanh Hóa city Sầm Sơn city Bỉm Sơn town Nghi Sơn town Bá Thước Cẩm Thủy Đông Sơn Hà Trung Hậu Lộc Hoằng Hóa Lang Chánh Mường Lát Nga Sơn Ngọc Lặc Như Thanh Như Xuân Nông Cống Quan Hóa Quan Sơn Quảng Xương Thạch Thành Thiệu Hóa Thọ Xuân Thường Xuân Triệu Sơn Vĩnh Lộc Yên Định
Nghệ An province	Vinh city Cửa Lò town Hoàng Mai town Thái Hòa town Anh Sơn Con Cuông Diễn Châu Đô Lương Hưng Nguyên Kỳ Sơn Nam Đàn Nghi Lộc Nghĩa Đàn Quế Phong Quỳ Châu Quỳ Hợp Quỳnh Lưu Tân Kỳ Thanh Chương Tương Dương Yên Thành
Hà Tĩnh province	Hà Tĩnh city Hồng Lĩnh town Kỳ Anh town Cẩm Xuyên Can Lộc Đức Thọ Hương Khê Hương Sơn Kỳ Anh Lộc Hà Nghi Xuân Thạch Hà Vũ Quang
Quảng Bình province	Đồng Hới city Ba Đồn town Bố Trạch Lệ Thủy Minh Hóa Quảng Ninh Quảng Trạch Tuyên Hóa
Quảng Trị province	Đông Hà city Quảng Trị town Cam Lộ Cồn Cỏ Island Đa Krông Gio Linh Hải Lăng Hướng Hóa Triệu Phong Vĩnh Linh
Huế	Thuận Hóa urban district Phú Xuân district urban district Hương Thủy town Hương Trà town A Lưới Phong Điền town Phú Lộc Phú Vang Quảng Điền
denotes provincial seat.

16°28′N 107°35′E / 16.467°N 107.583°E / 16.467; 107.583

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