Sóc Trăng ស្រុកឃ្លាំង | |
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| Sóc Trăng City Thành phố Sóc Trăng | |
 Soc Trang at night. | |
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  Sóc Trăng Location of Sóc Trăng in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates:9°36′10″N105°58′25″E / 9.60278°N 105.97361°E /9.60278; 105.97361 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Area | |
• Total | 76.1522 km2 (29.4025 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 221,430 |
| • Density | 2,284/km2 (5,920/sq mi) |
Sóc Trăng (listenⓘ;Khmer:ស្រុកឃ្លាំងSrok Khleanglit. 'Land of depositories') is a city inVietnam. It was the capital of the formerSóc Trăng Province, now merged intoCần Thơ. It was upgraded from a town (thị xã) to a city following decree 22/2007/NĐ-CP on 8 February 2007.
During the French colonial period, on December 20, 1899, the Governor-General of Indochina issued a decree converting the "hạt tham biện" (administrative regions) into provinces, and on January 1, 1900, the Sóc Trăng administrative region became Sóc Trăng Province, with its provincial capital located in Khánh Hưng village.[1]
During the era of theState of Vietnam and theRepublic of Vietnam, the name of Sóc Trăng Province and its capital remained unchanged. After 1956, villages were renamed as communes. In February 1950, Sóc Trăng town was established. The town's boundaries were adjusted in 1953 and 1961. In 1956, the Republic of Vietnam government merged Sóc Trăng and Bạc Liêu to form Ba Xuyên Province, with its capital located inKhánh Hưng. However, the revolutionary government continued to use the name Sóc Trăng.[1]
After 1975, the revolutionary government took over, and in 1976, Sóc Trăng,Cần Thơ, andCần Thơ City were merged to form Hậu Giang Province, with Sóc Trăng town becoming part ofHậu Giang Province.[2]
On December 26, 1991,Hậu Giang Province was split into Cần Thơ and Sóc Trăng Provinces, and Sóc Trăng town became the provincial capital.[3] In 1995, Sóc Trăng town expanded its boundaries and established additional wards.[4] In 2007, Sóc Trăng town was upgraded to Sóc Trăng City. By 2022,Sóc Trăng City was recognized as a class-II urban area.[5][6]
Sóc Trăng was known as Ba Xuyên duringMinh Mạng's admininistration.[7]
During theNguyễn Dynasty of emperorMinh Mạng, it was given theSino-Vietnamese name Nguyệt Giang (月江), acalque of "Sông Trăng" (Moon River).[8]
The nameSóc Trăng comes from theKhmer name of the areaSrok Khleang (ស្រុកឃ្លាំង), which meansLand of depositories orPlace to store silver. TheVietnamese transliteration gaveSốc Kha Lang and laterSóc Trăng.[9][10]
Sóc Trăng City is divided into 10 administrative divisions numbered 1 to 10. The city bordersLong Phú District in the east and north,Mỹ Tú District in the west and north,Châu Thành District in the west andMỹ Xuyên District in the south.
Besides the majorityKinh people, there are also ethnic Chinese and a significantKhmer Krom minority in the city.
50 of the 200 pagodas in Sóc Trăng Province are located in Sóc Trăng City. Some of the most famous ones are the Khmer Chùa Dơi (Bat Pagoda) and Chùa Đất Sét (Clay Pagoda), Chùa Phật nằm (Som Rong Pagoda).
Highway 1 connects the city toCà Mau in the south,Cần Thơ,Ho Chi Minh City and cities further north. Regular buses run between these cities. Air travel is served byCan Tho International Airport located inCần Thơ, which is approximately 60 km from the city's center.
| Climate data for Sóc Trăng | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.3 (95.5) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.7 (98.1) | 37.5 (99.5) | 37.8 (100.0) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.8 (94.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.9 (94.8) | 33.5 (92.3) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.2 (88.2) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.9 (93.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 31.5 (88.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.9 (80.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.1 (75.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.0 (75.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 18.8 (65.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 13.0 (55.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 7.7 (0.30) | 3.5 (0.14) | 13.8 (0.54) | 62.3 (2.45) | 234.0 (9.21) | 268.0 (10.55) | 261.8 (10.31) | 286.8 (11.29) | 284.8 (11.21) | 308.6 (12.15) | 137.1 (5.40) | 36.6 (1.44) | 1,904.8 (74.99) |
| Average rainy days | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 18.4 | 21.7 | 22.5 | 22.9 | 23.4 | 21.6 | 11.9 | 5.6 | 156.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 79.5 | 78.3 | 77.5 | 78.3 | 84.0 | 86.6 | 87.1 | 87.5 | 88.2 | 87.6 | 85.2 | 82.4 | 83.5 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 238.6 | 248.4 | 273.4 | 253.5 | 191.9 | 161.6 | 174.9 | 168.2 | 152.3 | 165.1 | 195.7 | 201.5 | 2,422.1 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[11] | |||||||||||||
Sóc Trăng phiên dịch theo tiếng Khmer là "Srok Khleang" mà ra. "Srok" nghĩa là "xứ", là "cõi", "Khleang" là "kho", là "vựa", chỗ chứa nhiều vàng, bạc của nhà vua. Còn phiên âm tiếng Việt thành ra "Sốc Kha Lang" (Sóc Trăng).
Theo các nhà nghiên cứu, tên gọi Sóc Trăng do từ Srok Kh'leang của tiếng Khmer mà ra. Srok tức là "xứ", "cõi", Kh'leang là "kho", "vựa", "chỗ chứa bạc". Srok Kh'leang là xứ có kho chứa bạc của nhà vua. Tiếng Việt phiên âm ra là "Sốc-Kha-Lang" rồi sau đó đọc thành Sóc Trăng. Dưới triều Minh Mạng, Sóc Trăng đuợc đổi tên thành Nguyệt Giang tỉnh (chữ Sóc biến thành chữ Sông, Trăng thành Nguyệt nên Sóc Trăng biến thành Sông Trăng rồi được đổi thành Nguyệt Giang).
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