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Area: 1,546.5 sq. km.
Population: 1,865.4 thousand habitants (2006)
Capital: Thai Binh City.
Districts: Hung Ha, Quynh Phu, Thai Thuy, Dong Hung, Vu Thu, Kien Xuong, Tien Hai.
Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Thai, Tay, Ra Glai.
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Geography
 Belongs to the Red River Delta, Thai Binh is a granary of North Vietnam. The province is surrounded by Hai Duong Province and Hai Phong City on the north, Ha Nam and Hung Yen provinces on the west, East Sea on the east and Nam Dinh Province on the south.
Three faces of Thai Binh are Red, Luoc and Hoa rivers, and one face is 53km seaside and no any mountain.
The subsequent fertile soil was excellent for growing grains, especially rice. Thai Binh rice is acknowledged as the best strain in the North of Vietnam. There are 200 types of aquaculture and 2,500 kinds of rare birds, too.
Climate: On monsoon tropical region, Thai Binh has cold winter (from November to April) and hot summer (from May to October). Annual average temperature is 23.5�C, the lowest temperature is 4?C and the highest one is 38�C. Average rainfall is from 1.400mm to 1.800mm.
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Tourism
Due
to
its
richness
of
aquatic
products
and
grains,
locals
here
have
created
a
number
of
local
specialties
from
their
natural
materials;
among
of
these
the
most
famous
are
Canh
Ca
Quynh
Coi
(Quynh
Coi
fish
soup)
and
cay
cake.
Coming
to
Thai
Binh,
tourists
enjoy
visiting
inshore
sandbanks
where
rare
birds
stops,
seeing
natural
beauty
in
mangrove
forest,
swimming
in
Dong
Chau
Beach,
and
joining
interesting
traditional
festivals.
Well-known
culture
constructions
are
Dong
Bang,
Tien
La
temples,
and
Keo
Pagoda.
There
are
many
valuable
votive
objects
and
beautiful
three-storey
bell
tower
in
Keo
Pagoda.
Various
flowers
and
fruits
in
Bach
Thuan
Garden
Village
also
attract
many
visitors
every
year.
This
province
is
rich
of
traditional
handicraft
villages
like
weave
fabric
in
Phuong
La,
mat
weave
in
Hoi,
silver
carve
in
Dong
Xam,
copper
casting
in
An
Long,
lace
embroider
in
Minh
Lang,
cay
cake
making
in
Nguyen
Xa.
Visitors
are
able
to
enjoy
many
folk
songs,
festival
games
in
traditional
festivals
such
as
water
puppet
in
Nguyen
Xa,
cheo
song
in
Khuoc,
fish
and
duck
catching,
rice
cooking
competition
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squib
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Transportation
Thai Binh City is 110km from Hanoi, 70km from Haiphong, 18km from Nam Dinh. There are Tan De, Thai Binh, and Trieu Duong bridges. National Highway No.10 connects Thai Binh, Haiphong and Nam Dinh and National Highway No.39 links the province to Hung Yen.
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