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The Socialist Republic of
Vietnam
Mainland
Territory
: 331,211.6
sq. km
Population: 85,789.6 thousand inhabitants
(Apr. 2009)
National Capital:
Hanoi
Lying
on the eastern part of the Indochinese peninsula,
Vietnam
is a strip of land shaped
like the letter “S”.
China
borders it to the north,
Laos
and
Cambodia
to the west, the
East
Sea
to the east and the
Pacific Ocean
to the east and
south. The country’s total length from north to south is 1,650km. Its width,
stretching from east to west, is 600km at the widest point in the north, 400km
in the south, and 50km at the narrowest part, in the centre, in
Quang
Binh
Province
. The coastline is 3,260km long and the inland
border is 4,510km.
Latitude:
102º 08' - 109º 28' east
Longitude: 8º 02' - 23º 23'
north
Vietnam
is
also a transport junction from the Indian Ocean to the
Pacific Ocean
.
Climate:
Vietnam
lies in the tropics
and monsoon (detail)
Topography: Three quarters of
Vietnam
's territory consist
of mountains and hills (detail)
Administrative Units:
Vietnam
is divided into 63 provinces
and cities
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