Quảng Ngãi is a city in central Vietnam and, until its dissolution on 1 July 2025, the capital city of Quảng Ngãi Province. The Vietnamese Wikipedia article calls it a former provincial capital city in the South Central Coast region, 898 kilometres from Hanoi, 819 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City and 146 kilometres from Đà Nẵng, with Huế 229 kilometres, Quy Nhơn 176 kilometres and Kon Tum 198 kilometres away. It covers 160.15 square kilometres and had 261,417 people at the 2019 census. The city was created on 26 August 2005 and grew by taking in the town of Sơn Tịnh with nine communes of Sơn Tịnh district and three communes of Tư Nghĩa district. Today the ward named Cẩm Thành, formed from the wards Nguyễn Nghiêm, Nghĩa Chánh, Trần Hưng Đạo and Chánh Lộ, is the administrative centre of Quảng Ngãi province.
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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
Quảng Ngãi City QNG 98,074 109,639 129,139
Cities table, census year
Quảng Ngãi City QNG 98,074 109,639 129,139
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View the Source 2. Quảng Ngãi (city) (Wikipedia)
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It has an area of 160.15 km2
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is a city in central Vietnam
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is a city in central Vietnam
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 15.1167,108.8
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (15.1167,108.8); 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 (15.1167,108.8); 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": 10.0
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 15.25 108.75 (class Am) containing the city pointQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 15.25 108.75 (class Am) containing the city point
15.25 108.75 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
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