Đăk Nông province

Đắk Nông Quảng Đức
Province
Đắk Nông province
Dray Sap Falls  • Mơ Nông Plateau  • Dak R'Tih River  • Đạo Nguyên Temple  • Nam Đông Mountain
Seal
Location of Đắk/Ðắc Nông within Vietnam
Coordinates: 11°59′N 107°42′E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Central Highlands
Capital	Gia Nghĩa
Area
• Total	6,509.27 km2 (2,513.24 sq mi)
Population  (2023)
• Total	781,900
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Vietnamese, Ê Đê, Nùng, M'Nông, Tày
GDP
• Total	VND 29.227 trillion US$ 1.268 billion
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes	261 (from 17 June 2017) 501 (until 16 July 2017)
ISO 3166 code	VN-72
Website	www.daknong.gov.vn

Đắk Nông, anglicized as Daknong, is a southern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Đắk Lắk to the north, Lâm Đồng to the southeast, Bình Phước and Mondulkiri of Cambodia to the west.

Name

Its name comes from the Đăk Nông River, an upper stream of the Đồng Nai River. Daàk-nông means "River of the Mnong" in Mnong language.

Geography

Đắk Nông is about 500m above sea level in elevation. The terrain is lower in the west. Đắk Nông has large fields and lakes in the south. Đắk Nông has three main river systems: the Ba River, the Srepok (or Sêrêpôk) river (part of the Mekong river basin) and Đồng Nai river demarking the southern border of the Province, with other small rivers and tributaries. Tà Đùng National Park helps to provide riparian zone protection for the Đồng Nai River basin.

Climate

The average temperature is 24 degrees Celsius. The rainy season starts in May and ends in October. The dry season starts in November and ends in April the year after.

Economy

Like Đắk Lắk province, coffee, pepper and rubber are the most important products of Đắk Nông. Đắk Nông is a potential province of tourism. There are many beautiful sites such as Ba Tang Waterfall, Diệu Thanh Waterfall, and Nâm Nung pine hill.

Administrative divisions

Đắk Nông is subdivided into eight district-level sub-divisions:

Second Tier subdivisions	Area (km2)	Third Tier subdivisions
		Ward	Township	Commune
Gia Nghĩa city	286.64	5		3
Cư Jút District	718.90		1	7
Đăk Glong District				7
Đăk Mil District	682.70		1	9
Đăk R'Lấp District	63.42		1	10
Đăk Song District	808.10		1	8
Krông Nô District	816.80		1	11
Tuy Đức District	1123.27			6

They are further subdivided into five commune-level towns (or townlets), 61 communes, and five wards.

History

Until recently, Đắk Nông was part of the larger Đắk Lắk province, but is now fully independent. Before 1975, Đắk Nông was part of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and was formerly named Quảng Đức Province. However, after the 1975 Việt Cộng victory and reunification with southern Vietnam in the Vietnam War, Quảng Đức was conjoined with Đắk Lắk Province. For Đắk Nông's history, please see Đắk Lắk province.