Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta, also known as the South-western Region or the Western Region, is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries.
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  • Type: Region with 17,100,000 residents
  • Description: region in southwestern Vietnam
  • Also known as: “châu thổ sông Cửu Long”, “Dong Bang Cuu Long”, “đồng bằng Nam Bộ”, “Dong Bang Song Cuu Long”, “Mekong delta”, “Mekongin suisto”, “miền Tây Nam Bộ”, “Region Delta del Rio Mekong”, “South-western region”, “Tây Nam Bộ”, “Tây Nam Bộ Việt Nam”, “vùng đồng bằng Nam Bộ”, “vùng đồng bằng sông Cửu Long”, “Western Region”, “สามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำโขง”, “메콩 델타”, “메콩강 델타”, “메콩강삼각주”, “メコン・デルタ”, “下高棉”, and “九龍江三角洲”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Cần Thơ Bridge.

Bridge
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, is a cable-stayed bridge over the Hậu…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Can Tho.

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is the biggest city of the Mekong Delta…

Mekong Delta

Latitude
10.0121° or 10° 0′ 44″ north
Longitude
105.8322° or 105° 49′ 56″ east
Population
17,100,000
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
7P272R6J+RV
Geo­Names ID
11497302
Wiki­data ID
Q1052867
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mekong Delta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دلتا ميكونغ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mekonq deltası”
  • Basque: “Mekongen delta”
  • Belarusian: “Дэльта Меконга”
  • Bengali: “মেকং ব-দ্বীপ”
  • Bulgarian: “Делта на Меконг”
  • Bulgarian: “Донг Банг Сонг Ку Лонг”
  • Catalan: “delta del Mekong”
  • Catalan: “Delta del Mekong”
  • Cebuano: “Mekong Delta”
  • Chinese: “湄公河三角洲”
  • Czech: “delta Mekongu”
  • Dutch: “Mekong-delta”
  • Dutch: “Mekongdelta”
  • Esperanto: “Delto de la Mekonga Rivero”
  • Estonian: “Mekongi delta”
  • Faroese: “Mekongósin”
  • Finnish: “Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long”
  • Finnish: “Mekongjoen suisto”
  • French: “delta du Mékong”
  • French: “Delta du Mékong”
  • Galician: “delta do río Mekong”
  • German: “Mekong-Delta”
  • German: “Mekongdelta”
  • Greek: “Δέλτα του Μεκόνγκ”
  • Hebrew: “אזור נהר מקונג”
  • Hindi: “मीकांग डेल्टा”
  • Hindi: “मेकांग डेल्टा”
  • Hungarian: “Mekong-delta”
  • Indonesian: “Delta Mekong”
  • Italian: “Delta del Mekong”
  • Japanese: “メコンデルタ”
  • Khmer: “ដីសណ្តមេគង្គ”
  • Korean: “메콩 삼각주”
  • Korean: “메콩강 삼각주”
  • Lao: “ເຂດທົ່ງພຽງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ”
  • Lithuanian: “Mekongo delta”
  • Malay: “Delta Mekong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mekongdeltaet”
  • Norwegian: “Mekongdeltaet”
  • Ossetian: “Меконджы дельтæ”
  • Persian: “دلتای رود مکونگ”
  • Persian: “دلتای مکونگ”
  • Persian: “مکونگ دلتا”
  • Polish: “Delta Mekongu”
  • Polish: “Region Delty Mekongu”
  • Portuguese: “Delta do Rio Mecom”
  • Portuguese: “Delta do Rio Mekong (região)”
  • Portuguese: “Delta do Rio Mekong”
  • Romanian: “delta Mekongului”
  • Russian: “Дельта Меконга”
  • Sindhi: “درياء ميڪانگ دھانا”
  • Slovenian: “Mekongova delta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دلتای رود مکونق”
  • Spanish: “Región del Delta del Río Mekong”
  • Spanish: “Región Delta del Río Mekong”
  • Swedish: “Mekongdeltat”
  • Thai: “ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำโขง”
  • Turkish: “Mekong Deltası”
  • Ukrainian: “Дельта Меконгу”
  • Urdu: “دریائے میکانگ دہانہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long”
  • Yue Chinese: “湄公河三角洲”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mỹ An and Mỹ Phước.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cồn An and Can Tho Port.

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