Trà Vinh province

Trà Vinh (ព្រះត្រពាំង, Preăh Trâpeăng ; lit. 'Sacred Pond' in Khmer) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of Southern Vietnam. The capital is Trà Vinh City.

Etymology
The name Trà Vinh comes from the Khmer name of the area ព្រះត្រពាំង Preah Trapeang, which means Sacred pond or Buddha's pond. The Vietnamese transliteration gave Trà Vang and later Trà Vinh.

Demographics
Besides more than two thirds of Trà Vinh's population being Vietnamese, nearly a third of the population is Khmer Krom. Trà Vinh also has one of the largest ethnic Hoa (Chinese) communities in Vietnam (1.65%).

Administrative divisions
Trà Vinh is subdivided into nine district-level sub-divisions:


 * 7 districts:


 * Càng Long
 * Cầu Kè
 * Cầu Ngang
 * Châu Thành
 * Duyên Hải
 * Tiểu Cần
 * Trà Cú


 * 1 district-level town:
 * Duyên Hải
 * 1 provincial city:
 * Trà Vinh (capital)

They are further subdivided into 11 commune-level towns (or townlets), 85 communes, and nine wards.