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Rach Gia

South-eastern Asia

Rach Gia is a ward in An Giang Province, Vietnam, serving as the provinces administrative center, with its coastline fronting the Gulf of Thailand. As of 2025 its population was 250,661 across 45.53 square kilometers. It was established on 16 June 2025 by merging nine former wards, Vinh Quang, Vinh Thanh, Vinh Thanh Van, An Hoa, Vinh Lac, Vinh Hiep, An Binh, Rach Soi and Vinh Loi, that had belonged to the former Rach Gia provincial city in Kien Giang Province before Kien Giang was merged into an expanded An Giang Province on 12 June 2025.

Facts
Population
459,860 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+07:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: Rạch Giá
GeoNames geonameid 1568510 (Rạch Giá), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 9.9847,105.0992
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (9.9847,105.0992); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountain
Quote, SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (9.9847,105.0992); 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
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 105.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 105.25
10.25 105.25 Am
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4. GeoNames: Rạch Giá - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1568510, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 1568510, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
10.01245 105.08091 P PPLA VN 91 899 459860 13 Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
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Rach Gia (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Quote, Lead section
Rạch Giá is a ward in An Giang province.
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Rach Gia Airport (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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