# Trà Vinh

Trà Vinh City (Khmer: ព្រះត្រពាំង Preah Trapeang lit. 'Sacred pond') is the capital city of Trà Vinh province in Southern Vietnam.

## Etymology

Trà Vang was an old name used for this area, a hinterland with a sparse population.
In 1825, the area of Trà Vinh was established by King Minh Mạng into Lạc Hóa district also known as chà-văng or chà-vinh.
In 1951, the name Vĩnh Trà appeared, a combination of Vĩnh from Vĩnh Long and Trà from Trà Vinh.
The name was changed again from Trà Vinh to Vĩnh Binh in 1957 with Phú Vinh as its capital city.
In 1976, Cửu Long province came to be by merging Vĩnh Long province and Trà Vinh.
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.

## Location

It is located in the Mekong Delta region, which is in the Southern part of Vietnam. Under the Republic of Vietnam, it was the provincial capital of a province with a population of 51,535.
Government Resolution No. 11/NQ-CP 04/03/2010 established the city of Trà Vinh with an area of 6803.5 hectares and a population of 131,360 inhabitants and 10 administrative units.
On February 15, 2016, Trà Vinh City was classified as a level II city in Vietnam's cities classification system.
Trà Vinh had 1,286,000 inhabitants in 2019.

## Administrative divisions

The area directly under the town consists of:
* 9 urban wards: numbered from 1 to 9
* 1 rural communes: Long Đức

## Climate

Climate data for Trà Vinh (Càng Long) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.8 (94.6) | 36.3 (97.3) | 37.0 (98.6) | 37.7 (99.9) | 35.3 (95.5) | 34.8 (94.6) | 34.6 (94.3) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.4 (93.9) | 37.7 (99.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.8 (87.4) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.7 (87.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 31.4 (88.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.9 (80.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.2 (75.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 19.6 (67.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.0 (62.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.4 (0.25) | 4.7 (0.19) | 14.5 (0.57) | 47.5 (1.87) | 188.7 (7.43) | 211.0 (8.31) | 223.7 (8.81) | 229.0 (9.02) | 254.5 (10.02) | 293.6 (11.56) | 126.4 (4.98) | 38.5 (1.52) | 1,638.5 (64.53) |
| Average rainy days | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 17.2 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 20.2 | 10.4 | 5.6 | 145.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80.6 | 79.2 | 78.8 | 79.9 | 84.8 | 86.4 | 87.1 | 87.5 | 88.1 | 87.4 | 85.1 | 83.0 | 84.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 240.3 | 250.2 | 283.0 | 259.7 | 206.8 | 171.0 | 182.2 | 177.0 | 157.5 | 171.2 | 199.6 | 203.7 | 2,502.2 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology ||||||||||||||

## Gallery

Photos taken in Trà Vinh city:
* Canal in the city.
* One street.
* A corner of Trà Vinh city.
* Khmer Watsamrongek Pagoda in Ward 8
* Khmer Museum in Trà Vinh
* Museum of Khmer Ethnic Culture in Trà Vinh province
* A tower on the grounds of the Khmer Ethnic Cultural Museum in Trà Vinh province
* Bà Om Pond
* Bà Om Pond
* Around the pond there are many ancient trees hundreds of years old
* People often come to the pond area to have fun
* Next to the pond is an ancient pagoda (Âng pagoda, name Khmer: Angkorajaborey)
* Front view of President Hồ Chí Minh's shrine
* Shrine of President Ho Chi Minh in Long Đức
* The building was built after 1975 to surround and preserve the temple
* One of the bamboo bushes planted before 1975, to protect the temple
* On April 29, 1975, a bomb exploded in this bamboo bush, damaging part of the temple.
* Captive ARVN aircraft and artillery displays in the temple area
* Bà Om Pond in Trà Vinh city