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Rạch Giá | |
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| Rạch Giá City Thành phố Rạch Giá | |
 Nguyễn Trung Trực street | |
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  Rạch Giá Location of Rạch Giá in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates:10°1′0″N105°5′0″E / 10.01667°N 105.08333°E /10.01667; 105.08333 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Kiên Giang |
| Area | |
• Total | 105.86 km2 (40.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 228.416 |
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Rạch Giá (listenⓘ) was aprovincial city and the formal capital ofKiên Giang province,Vietnam. It is located on the Eastern coast of theGulf of Thailand, 250 kilometres (160 mi) southwest ofHo Chi Minh City. East of city, it bordersTân Hiệp andChâu Thành town, theGulf of Thailand is to the West and surrounds some parts of the city, south of the city is Châu Thành andAn Biên town, and to the North it bordersHòn Đất andTân Hiệp.
On 1 July 2025, Rạch Giá ceased to exist as a municipal city following theelimination of district level units in Vietnam.[3]
Rạch Giá was upgraded from a town to a city by Government Decree No. 97/2005/NĐ-CP on July 26, 2005.[1] The city has 12 administrative units:
Rạch Giá is the first city where the Vietnamese government applied a "lấn biển"[4] project to build out to the ocean to expand territory. The "lấn biển" project expanded the city to become one of the biggest new cities in southwest Vietnam. This project added 2 more new wards in Rạch Giá. Besides that, several future construction projects such as industrial center Rach Vuot and urban city Vĩnh Hiệp which will be started after finishing Lạc Hồng Bridge will expand Rạch Giá to the east.[citation needed]
Ceremony ofNguyễn Trung Trực is held annually in lunar August.[citation needed]
National historical sites:
Other historical sites:
Rạch Giá has atropical savanna climate (KöppenAw), not quite wet enough to be classified as atropical monsoon climate (Am) though wetter than most climates of its type. There is a very pronounceddry season from December to March, but rainfall is consistently heavy for the remaining eight months of the year.
| Climate data for Rạch Giá | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.6 (96.1) | 35.4 (95.7) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.9 (100.2) | 37.7 (99.9) | 34.7 (94.5) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.9 (93.0) | 34.0 (93.2) | 34.8 (94.6) | 37.9 (100.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.9 (91.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 32.1 (89.8) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.0 (87.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.9 (84.0) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.5 (81.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 24.7 (76.5) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.7 (76.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 19.0 (66.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 13.4 (0.53) | 10.9 (0.43) | 34.9 (1.37) | 89.9 (3.54) | 251.8 (9.91) | 277.7 (10.93) | 315.8 (12.43) | 335.9 (13.22) | 301.1 (11.85) | 295.6 (11.64) | 177.4 (6.98) | 46.6 (1.83) | 2,151.1 (84.69) |
| Average rainy days | 2.2 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 7.5 | 16.8 | 19.5 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 21.1 | 15.8 | 6.1 | 155.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 78.8 | 77.9 | 76.5 | 78.2 | 82.5 | 84.1 | 85.0 | 85.6 | 85.0 | 84.1 | 81.6 | 79.4 | 81.5 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 244.2 | 236.6 | 256.6 | 249.9 | 207.1 | 173.8 | 176.4 | 166.3 | 161.0 | 176.1 | 203.3 | 223.5 | 2,469.8 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[5] | |||||||||||||
Rạch Giá has 2 main stations:Rạch Sỏi station (main routes to neighbor towns or provinces on highway 61 and 63) and Rạch Giá station (main routes toHo Chi Minh City andHà Tiên). Those are the main stations to transport passengers to other towns in the province, or to other provinces in Vietnam.[citation needed]
The bus transportation system was developed pretty early. Passengers can take the bus from Rạch Giá to 4 other towns: Châu Thành (route Rạch Giá – Tắc Cậu),Giồng Riềng (route Rạch Giá – Giồng Riềng), Tân Hiệp (route Rạch Giá – Kinh B), Hòn Đất (route Rạch Giá – Tám Ngàn).
Currently,Rạch Giá Airport is the biggest airport in Rạch Giá. Rạch Giá airport has flight routes to Ho Chi Minh City withVietnam Airlines.
Rạch Giá has 2 big ship stations: Rạch Giá ship station or Phú Quốc ship station (routes toPhú Quốc island and other big islands such as Phú Quốc, Hon Tre, Hòn Sơn and Thổ Chu) and Rạch Mẽo station (route to rural towns ofCà Mau Peninsula). High speed ship is the economic choice for passengers to Phú Quốc island orKiên Hải islands.
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