Thái Nguyên

Thái Nguyên is a province of northern Vietnam. At the census of 19 April 2019 it counted 1,286,751 residents, up from 1,123,116 in 2009, a gain of roughly fifteen percent in ten years. It is divided into nine units: the district-level cities of Thái Nguyên, the capital, and Sông Công, the district-level town of Phổ Yên, and the districts of Đại Từ, Định Hóa, Đồng Hỷ, Phú Bình, Phú Lương and Võ Nhai. Thái Nguyên city is home to 340,403 people, more than a quarter of the province, and Phổ Yên grew fastest, from 137,815 to 196,378. The province took its present form in 1996, when Bắc Thái province was divided into Bắc Kạn and Thái Nguyên.