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Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres (127,881.5 sq mi), of which about 25% was under cultivation in 1987. It borders the Gulf of Tonkin , Gulf of Thailand , and Pacific Ocean, along with China, Laos , and Cambodia .
The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam.These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, Northwest Vietnam, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong River Delta.
Border with Malaysia near mount Bukit Pagon: 115°25′E 25 Hong Kong: Tung Ping Chau, Tai Po: 114°26′E 26 Macau: A Pérola, Se 113°33′E 27 Vietnam: Hon Gom peninsula, Khánh Hòa Province: 109°30′E 28 Cambodia: Ratanakiri Province, border with Vietnam: 107°35′E 29 Laos: Border with Vietnam, Sekong Province: 106°40′E 30 Thailand
Vietnam – sovereign country located on the eastern extent of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia. [1] It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east.
Vietnam stretches along the coast of the South China Sea, with the northernmost point being more than 1,650 km from the southernmost. [1] Most extreme points are not in dispute with any other countries; only one extreme point, Tennent Reef , is disputed by China, Taiwan, and the Philippines as a part of the Spratly Islands dispute (though ...
The smallest is Bắc Ninh, located in the populous Red River Delta region. The following is a table of Vietnam's provinces broken down by population and area, according to the 2023 Census and the 2018 area data from Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. [4] [5] Municipalities are written in bold.
The Balkans is a region which natural borders do not coincide with the technical definition of a peninsula hence modern geographers reject the idea of a Balkan Peninsula. It would include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the European part of Turkey.
Cape San Antonio on Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Pinar del Río Province: 84°58′W 17 Panama: Border with Costa Rica, Chiriquí Province: 83°04′W 18 Colombia: West of San Andrés island Nariño Department (mainland) 81°44′W 79°00′W 19 Peru: Islets east of Punta Balcones in the La Brea District, Talara Province, Piura Region: 81°19′45 ...