Thanh Hóa province

Thanh Hóa province
Province
Clockwise from top left:
Official seal of Thanh Hóa province
Seal
Motto: 
"Scents and colors of the four seasons"[1]
(Hương sắc bốn mùa)
Location of Thanh Hóa within Vietnam
Location of Thanh Hóa within Vietnam
Map
Interactive map of Thanh Hóa province
Coordinates: 20°0′N 105°30′E / 20.000°N 105.500°E / 20.000; 105.500
Country Vietnam
RegionNorth Central Coast
Capital (and Largest city)Thanh Hóa
Government
 • People's Council ChairLại Thế Nguyên
 • People's Committee ChairĐỗ Minh Tuấn
Area
[2]
 • Total
11,114.71 km2 (4,291.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2025)[3]
 • Total
5,324,783
 • Density479.0753/km2 (1,240.799/sq mi)
Demographics
 • EthnicitiesVietnamese, Mường, Thai, Thổ, Dao, and H'Mông
GDP[4]
 • TotalVND 146.242 trillion
US$ 6.351 billion
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes237
ISO 3166 codeVN-21
HDI (2020)Increase 0.726[5]
(23th)
Websitethanhhoa.gov.vn

Thanh Hóa is the northernmost coastal province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It borders Sơn La, Hòa Bình, and Ninh Bình to the north, Nghệ An to the south, Laos to the west with a boundary of over 192 kilometres (119 mi) long, and the South China Sea (Gulf of Tonkin) to the east.

References

  1. ^ Ý nghĩa của Biểu trưng và Khẩu hiệu du lịch Thanh Hóa (vi)
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ [1], Result from Vietnam's 2019 population and housing census
  4. ^ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Thanh Hóa năm 2018". Cục Thống kê tỉnh Thanh Hóa. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Human Development Index by province(*) by Cities, provincies and Year". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanh_Hoa_province