Trà Vinh

Trà Vang was an old name used for this area, a hinterland with a sparse population. In 1825, the area of Trà Vinh was established by King Minh Mạng into Lạc Hóa district also known as chà-văng or chà-vinh. In 1951, the name Vĩnh Trà appeared, a combination of Vĩnh Trà from Vĩnh Long and Trà from Trà Vinh. The name was changed again from Trà Vinh to Vĩnh Binh in 1957 with Phú Vinh as its capital city. In 1976, Cửu Long province came to be by merging Vĩnh Long province and Trà Vinh. The name Trà Vinh comes from the Khmer name of the area ព្រះត្រពាំង , which means Sacred pond or ''Buddha's pond. The Vietnamese transliteration gave Trà Vang and later Trà Vinh''. == Location ==

It is located in the Mekong Delta region, which is in the Southern part of Vietnam. Under the Republic of Vietnam, it was the provincial capital of a province with a population of 51,535. Government Resolution No. 11/NQ-CP 04/03/2010 established the city of Trà Vinh with an area of 6,803.5 hectares and a population of 131,360 inhabitants and 10 administrative units. On February 15, 2016, Trà Vinh City was classified as a level II city in Vietnam's cities classification system. Trà Vinh had 1,286,000 inhabitants in 2019. == Administrative divisions ==

The area directly under the town consists of: • 9 urban wards: numbered from 1 to 9 • 1 rural communes: Long Đức ==Climate==

Photos taken in Trà Vinh city: File:Kênh Trà Vinh.jpg|Canal in the city. File:Đường phố ở TX.Trà Vinh.jpg|One street. File:Một góc TX.Trà Vinh..jpg|A corner of Trà Vinh city. File:Cổng chùa Watsamrongek, Trà Vinh.jpg|Khmer Watsamrongek Pagoda in Ward 8 File:Bảo tàng Khmer ở Trà Vinh.jpg|Khmer Museum in Trà Vinh File:Bảo tàng văn hóa dân tộc Khmer tỉnh Trà Vinh.jpg|Museum of Khmer Ethnic Culture in Trà Vinh province File:Tháp Khmer.jpg|A tower on the grounds of the Khmer Ethnic Cultural Museum in Trà Vinh province File:Ao Bà Om, Trà Vinh.jpg|Bà Om Pond File:Ao Bà Om.jpg|Bà Om Pond File:Cổ thụ ở ao Bà Ôm.jpg|Around the pond there are many ancient trees hundreds of years old File:Vui chơi ở ao Bà Ôm.jpg|People often come to the pond area to have fun File:Chùa Âng.jpg|Next to the pond is an ancient pagoda (Âng pagoda, name Khmer: Angkorajaborey) File:Đền thờ Bác Hồ ở Trà Vinh.jpg|Front view of President Hồ Chí Minh's shrine File:Đền thờ Bác Hồ 2.jpg|Shrine of President Ho Chi Minh in Long Đức File:Đền thờ Bác Hồ ở Long Đức.jpg|The building was built after 1975 to surround and preserve the temple File:Khu đền thờ Bác Hồ ở Long Đức.jpg|One of the bamboo bushes planted before 1975, to protect the temple File:Nơi bom nổ.jpg|On April 29, 1975, a bomb exploded in this bamboo bush, damaging part of the temple. File:Máy bay và súng.jpg|Captive ARVN aircraft and artillery displays in the temple area File:Ao Bà Om.jpg|Bà Om Pond in Trà Vinh city == References ==