Tam Kỳ is a ward of Da Nang, Vietnam, one of the 94 new wards, communes and special zones of the city after the reorganization in 2025, and before that a city. The Vietnamese Wikipedia article calls it the former provincial seat of the old Quảng Nam province and its administrative, economic, cultural, health, education and scientific centre, at the middle of the country in the central key economic region. It lies 813 kilometres south of Hanoi, 81 kilometres south of Đà Nẵng and 852 kilometres north of Ho Chi Minh City. It covers 100.26 square kilometres and had 122,374 people in 2019, of whom 75 percent lived in urban areas. The city was set up on 29 September 2006 from Tam Kỳ town, and on 12 June 2025 the whole of Quảng Nam province was merged with Đà Nẵng, with the wards An Mỹ, An Xuân and Trường Xuân joined to form the ward named Tam Kỳ.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Vietnam: cities and towns (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deCities table, 2019 census column
Tam Kỳ City QNA 66,293 81,396 91,450
Cities table, census year
Tam Kỳ City QNA 66,293 81,396 91,450
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View the Source 2. Vietnamese Wikipedia: Tam Kỳ (thành phố)
Vietnamese WikipediaĐịa lý, vị tríQuote, Địa lý, vị trí
Thành phố Tam Kỳ có diện tích 100,26 km²
3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 15.5706,108.4733
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (15.5706,108.4733); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountainQuote, SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (15.5706,108.4733); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountain
"elevation": 8.0
4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 15.75 108.25 (class Am) containing the city pointQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 15.75 108.25 (class Am) containing the city point
15.75 108.25 Am
5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, current rule (7:00 offset); the comment under it says the entry agrees with all of Vietnam since 1975-06-13Quote, Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, current rule (7:00 offset); the comment under it says the entry agrees with all of Vietnam since 1975-06-13
Ho Chi Minh entry suffices for most purposes as it agrees with all of
Tam Kỳ (Wikipedia)
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is a ward of Da Nang, Vietnam
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is a ward of Da Nang, Vietnam
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