page_title: Bắc Ninh Province
section_title: Administration divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Bắc Ninh Province / Administration divisions
caption_attribution_description: Tiếng Việt: Bản đồ tỉnh Bắc Ninh Deutsch: Verwaltungskarte der Provinz Bắc Ninh
context_page_description: Bắc Ninh is a province of Vietnam, located in the Red River Delta of the northern part of the country. It is the smallest province of Vietnam and is situated to the east of the nation's capital, Hanoi, and borders Bắc Giang Province, Hưng Yên Province, Hải Dương Province and Hanoi. The province's name literally means "northern serenity".
  The province is rich in culture and is known nationally for Quan họ folk music. Quan họ was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 2009.
context_section_description: Bắc Ninh is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions:
  6 districts:
  Gia Bình
  Lương Tài
  Quế Võ
  Thuận Thành
  Tiên Du
  Yên Phong
  1 district-level town:
  Từ Sơn
  1 provincial city:
  Bắc Ninh (capital)
  They are further subdivided into 6 commune-level towns (or townlets), 97 communes, and 23 wards.
  The Bắc Ninh Province People's Committee is a 9-member executive council for the province. The current chairman is Nguyễn Nhân Chiến. There are several vice chairmen and chairwomen on the committee with responsibility for various province departments. The legislative branch of the province government is called the People's Council and consists of 50 deputies. Both the committee and the council are subordinate to the province's Communist Party, currently led by Party Secretary Trần Văn Túy. The chairman of the People's Committee is the No. 2 position in the city government while chairman of the People's Council is No. 3.
caption: Administration divisions
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