Cà Mau () is a city 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 i ...

. It is the capital of Cà Mau Province, a province in the Mekong Delta region, in the southernmost part of Vietnam's inland territory. The city is characterised by its system of transport canals, and most goods are transported there by boats and barges. The population is approximately 315,270 as of 2018.Nghị quyết số 24/NQ-CP ngày 04 tháng 6 năm 2009 của Chính phủ Việt Nam. Cà Mau is accessible by road (360 km south-west of Ho Chi Minh City) via National Route 1 or by air (

Cà Mau Airport Cà Mau Airport ( vi, Sân bay Cà Mau) is a small airport in Cà Mau Province, the most southern part of Vietnam. The airport is currently served by Vietnam Aviation Service Company (VASCO) with flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Tan Son Nhat Int ...

). The city is administratively subdivided into eight urban ''phường'' (ward) and seven rural ''xã'' (commune).

Economy

Cà Mau is Vietnam's biggest exporter of shrimp and prawns. In 2005, Cà Mau province alone exported about $500 million of shrimp and prawns. A large petroleum project under construction, the Cà Mau Gas-Power-Fertilizer Complex, is valued at $1.4 billion. It includes: * 2 thermal power plants with a total capacity of 1500 MW (equipment provided by the German company Siemens) * A fertilizer plant with production capacity at 800,000 metric tonnes of urea/year, and * A gas pipeline 18 inches in diameter to extend 298 km offshore and with 27 km onshore piping in gas from the PM3 gas field shared with Malaysia. Two billion cubic metres of gas are piped to feed these plants per year. The project opened in December 2008.

Tourism

Cà Mau has several attractions that draw domestic and international tourists. These include several wild bird parks, the southernmost point in Vietnam (called Mũi Cà Mau), and a number of pagodas. Near Cà Mau is the U Minh area with its famous

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forest and swamp cuisine: fish

hot pot Hot pot or hotpot (), also known as soup-food or steamboat, is a cooking method that originated in China. A heat source on the dining table keeps a pot of soup stock simmering, and a variety of Chinese foodstuffs and ingredients are served b ...

s, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Khmer cuisines. Cà Mau also has several 1- to 3-star hotel restaurants.

History

During the 1st millennium, the region of the present Cà Mau province was part of the Kingdom of Funan (Vietnamese: ''Phù Nam''), which included Laos, Cambodia, parts of eastern Thailand, and southern Vietnam (Vietnamese: ''Nam Bộ''). This region was later conquered by the kingdom of

Chenla Chenla or Zhenla (; km, ចេនឡា, ; vi, Chân Lạp) is the Chinese designation for the successor polity of the kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late sixth to the early ninth century in Indoc ...

(Vietnamese: ''Chân Lạp'') and the Khmer Empire. In 1757, the land belonging to Cà Mau province ( km, ទឹកខ្មៅ, "''the black land''") was ceded by the Khmer king to the Nguyễn lord of

Đàng Trong Đàng Trong ( vi-hantu, , lit. "Inner Circuit"), also known as Nam Hà (, "South of the River"), was the South region of Vietnam, under the rule of the Nguyễn lords, later enlarged by the Nam tiến, Vietnamese southward expansion. The word '' ...

(central Vietnam) with an early settlement of Vietnamese people. During French rule, Cà Mau was only a small town. During the

Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of t ...

, the area nearby Cà Mau was a stronghold (Vietnamese: ''Chiến khu cách mạng'') for the

Việt Cộng , , war = the Vietnam War , image = FNL Flag.svg , caption = The flag of the Viet Cong, adopted in 1960, is a variation on the flag of North Vietnam. Sometimes the lower stripe was green. , active ...

, a Hanoi-backed guerrilla group fighting the United States Army and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War. After 1975, Cà Mau was made the administrative seat and the governmental center of Minh Hải Province, which included Cà Mau and Bạc Liêu Province. In 1995, Cà Mau province broke off from Minh Hải Province with Cà Mau as its capital. In 1999, the prime minister by a decree recognised Cà Mau as a borough (Vietnamese: ''Thị xã'') – Cà Mau Borough (3rd class urban area as per Vietnamese law). In 2010, the Prime Minister further upgraded City of Cà Mau to a 2nd class urban area.Life
. Nhan Dan. Retrieved on 15 November 2011.

Transportation

Cà Mau is served by

Demographics

The majority of its residents is ethnic Vietnamese, in addition to 300 Khmer Krom households and 400 Hoa households.

Climate

Cà Mau has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

with a lengthy wet season and a relatively brief dry season. The wet season lasts from April to December, and the greatest rainfall occurs in August with . The dry season lasts from January to March, the driest month being February with an average of . Temperatures are high year round, but rise noticeably before the arrival of the monsoons in April.

People from Ca Mau

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (born 17 November 1949) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2006 to 2016. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on 27 June 2006, having been nominated by his predecessor, Phan Vă ...

- Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2006 to 2016.

Gallery

Image:Cà_Mau_city_center.jpg, The Monument in downtown Cà Mau City, surrounded with the Provincial Administrative Hall, the Central Post Office and several banks Image:Camaucitycentral.jpg, Phan Ngọc Hiển street in Cà Mau Central Image:Camaucity from air2.jpg, Cà Mau city downtown viewed from the air Image:Camaucity from air3.jpg, A main street in Cà Mau city Image:Camaucity form air4.jpg, Cà Mau city

References

External links

Ground-breaking ceremony of gas-power-fertilizer project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ca Mau Populated places in Cà Mau province Populated places on the Mekong River Districts of Cà Mau province Provincial capitals in Vietnam Cities in Vietnam