Kon Tum province

Province of Vietnam

Province in Central Highlands, Vietnam

Kon Tum

Province

Rông House Kon Klor  • Dams Yaly  • Stream Đắk Glei  • Mountain Đắk Glei  • The border mark of the tripoint between Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia  • Bố Y Border Gate  • Kon Tum wooden church  • Bishop of Kon Tum Building  • Hotel Đồi Thông  • Mountain Măng Đen  • River Đắk Bla

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Location of Kon Tum within Vietnam

Coordinates: 14°45′N 107°55′E﻿ / ﻿14.750°N 107.917°E﻿ / 14.750; 107.917
Country|  Vietnam
Region| Central Highlands
Capital| Kon Tum
Area

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• Total

| 9,677.30 km2 (3,736.43 sq mi)
Population

(2024)

• Total

| 701,817
• Density| 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Demographics

• Ethnicities| Vietnamese, Xơ Đăng, Ba Na, Giẻ Triêng, Jarai
GDP[2]

• Province| VND 20.057 trillion
US$ 0.871 billion
Time zone| UTC+7 (ICT)
Calling code| 60
ISO 3166 code| VN-28
HDI (2020)|  0.658[3]
(59th)
Website| www.kontum.gov.vn

Kon Tum is the northernmost mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Quảng Nam to the north, Gia Lai to the south, Quảng Ngãi to the east, Sekong, Attapeu of Laos and Ratanakiri of Cambodia in the west.

Kon Tum shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,677.30 km2 (3,736.43 sq mi)[1] and a population of approximately 530,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.

## Name

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The name Kon Tum comes from the name of a village of the Bahnar ethnic group. In the Bahnar language, kon means "village" and tum means "pool". Prior to the adoption of the Vietnamese alphabet in the 1920s, the name was rendered as 崑嵩.

## Administrative divisions

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Kon Tum is subdivided into ten district-level sub-divisions:

Second Tier
subdivisions  | Area
(km2)  | Third Tier subdivisions

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Wards | Townships | Communes
Kon Tum city | 432.98 | 10 |  | 11
Đắk Glei District | 1495.26 |  | 1 | 11
Đắk Hà District | 844.47 |  | 1 | 10
Đắk Tô District | 509.24 |  | 1 | 8
Ia H'Drai District | 980.13 |  |  | 3
Kon Plông District | 1381.20 |  |  | 9
Kon Rẫy District | 886.60 |  | 1 | 6
Ngọc Hồi District | 824.00 |  | 1 | 7
Sa Thầy District | 1435.22 |  | 1 | 10
Tu Mơ Rông District | 857.18 |  |  | 11

They are further subdivided into six commune-level towns (or townlets), 83 communes, and 10 wards.

## Geography

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The capital city is Kon Tum, located on the Đăk Bla River.

The southern border with Gia Lai follows the Sê San river up to Yali Falls Dam, as well as part of the Dak Bla, Dak Pokei and Dak Poe rivers. The Sa Thầy River, a tributary of the Sê San, also runs through the province.[4]

The province is primarily located in the Sê San river basin, though parts are also in the headwaters of the Vu Gia, Trà Khúc and Sekong Rivers.

## Demographics

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Ethnic groups in Kon Tum province include the Viet, Bahnar, Brau, Giẻ Triêng, Jarai, Rơ Măm, and Xo Dang.

## Notable residents

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* Siu Black, singer

## See also

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* Battle of Đắk Tô

## References

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1. ^ a b Biểu số 4.4: Hiện trạng sử dụng đất vùng Tây Nguyên năm 2022 [Table 4.4: Current land use status in the Central Highlands 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
2. ^ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Kon Tum năm 2018". Cục Thống kê tỉnh Kon Tum. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
3. ^ "Human Development Index by province(*) by Cities, provincies and Year". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
4. ^ "Khảo sát tính đa dạng sinh học của lưu vực sông Sa Thầy".

## External links

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* Kon Tum province government official site

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Places adjacent to Kon Tum province

| Sekong Province,  Laos | Quảng Nam province |

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Attapeu Province Laos |

Kon Tum province

| Quảng Ngãi province
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Ratanakiri Province,  Cambodia | Gia Lai province |

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Subdivisions of Vietnam

Municipalities|

| Northern|

* Haiphong
* Hanoi

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Central|

* Huế
* Da Nang

Southern|

* Cần Thơ
* Ho Chi Minh City

Provinces|

| Northeast|

* Bắc Giang
* Bắc Kạn
* Cao Bằng
* Hà Giang
* Lạng Sơn
* Phú Thọ
* Quảng Ninh
* Thái Nguyên
* Tuyên Quang

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Northwest|

* Điện Biên
* Hòa Bình
* Lai Châu
* Lào Cai
* Sơn La
* Yên Bái

Red River Delta|

* Bắc Ninh
* Hà Nam
* Hải Dương
* Hưng Yên
* Nam Định
* Ninh Bình
* Thái Bình
* Vĩnh Phúc

North Central Coast|

* Hà Tĩnh
* Nghệ An
* Quảng Bình
* Quảng Trị
* Thanh Hóa

South Central Coast|

* Bình Định
* Bình Thuận
* Khánh Hòa
* Ninh Thuận
* Phú Yên
* Quảng Nam
* Quảng Ngãi

Central Highlands|

* Đắk Lắk
* Đắk Nông
* Gia Lai
* Kon Tum
* Lâm Đồng

Southeast|

* Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu
* Bình Dương
* Bình Phước
* Đồng Nai
* Tây Ninh

Mekong Delta|

* An Giang
* Bạc Liêu
* Bến Tre
* Cà Mau
* Đồng Tháp
* Hậu Giang
* Kiên Giang
* Long An
* Sóc Trăng
* Tiền Giang
* Trà Vinh
* Vĩnh Long

* District level subdivisions
* Commune level subdivisions
* List of cities
* List of former provinces

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Districts of Vietnam Central Highlands

Đắk Lắk province|

* Buôn Ma Thuột city※
* Buôn Hồ town
* Buôn Đôn
* Cư Kuin
* Cư M'gar
* Ea H'Leo
* Ea Kar
* Ea Súp
* Krông Ana
* Krông Bông
* Krông Búk
* Krông Năng
* Krông Pắc
* Lắk
* M'Drắk

Đắk Nông province|

* Gia Nghĩa city※
* Cư Jút
* Đắk Glong
* Đắk Mil
* Đắk R'lấp
* Đắk Song
* Krông Nô
* Tuy Đức

Gia Lai province|

* Pleiku city※
* An Khê town
* Ayun Pa town
* Chư Păh
* Chư Prông
* Chư Pưh
* Chư Sê
* Đắk Đoa
* Đak Pơ
* Đức Cơ
* Ia Grai
* Ia Pa
* Kbang
* Kông Chro
* Krông Pa
* Mang Yang
* Phú Thiện

Kon Tum province|

* Kon Tum city※
* Đăk Glei
* Đăk Hà
* Đăk Tô
* Ia H'Drai
* Kon Plông
* Kon Rẫy
* Ngọc Hồi
* Sa Thầy
* Tu Mơ Rông

Lâm Đồng province|

* Bảo Lộc city
* Da Lat city※
* Bảo Lâm
* Cát Tiên
* Đạ Huoai
* Đạ Tẻh
* Đam Rông
* Di Linh
* Đơn Dương
* Đức Trọng
* Lạc Dương
* Lâm Hà

※ denotes provincial seat.

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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