Bạc Liêu () is a provincial city and capital of the
Bạc Liêu Province in the
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( vi, Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit=Nine Dragon River Delta or simply vi, Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, lit=Mekong River Delta, label=none), also known as the Western Region ( vi, Miền Tây, links=no) or South-weste ...
region in southern
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
. It is a medium-sized town with a population of approximately 150,000. The former name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi.
History
The name Bạc Liêu is based on the Chinese pronunciation of a Khmer name (Pol Leav ពលលាវ in Khmer). In the 1950s the area was a centre of
Huỳnh Phú Sổ's
Hòa Hảo religion after Sổ was released there.
[''Vietnam: a Dragon Embattled: From colonialism to the Vietminh'' Joseph Buttinger - 1967 "Although Bac Lieu was a considerable distance from the sites of great Hoa Hao strength, the town soon became "a center of pilgrimage from which spread messages of religious but also of anti-French inspiration." 49 For his followers, Huynh ..."]
References
Cities in Vietnam
Districts of Bạc Liêu province
Populated places in Bạc Liêu province
Provincial capitals in Vietnam
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