1. Population: 1,067,925
2. Geographical features:
- Total area: 5,204 square km
- Ca Mau is the last province situated in
the Southern tip of Vietnam. The city of Ca Mau is the capital of the
province. Rivers and Canals are found every where. Transport and
communication is carried out mainly on waterways.
- There are two kinds of forests , the
Duoc forest and Tram forest.
- Ca Mau is adjacent to Thai Lan and
Combodia, and has a coastal length of 254 km. Based on its natural
conditions, Ca Mau has found on agriculture, forestry and Aquaculture
its major forces.
3. Ethnic
groups: 3
- Kinh: 1,022,542 people
- Hoa: 22,100 people
- Kh'mer: 23,283 people
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4. Religions:
- Buddhism: 220,000 believers.
- Catholicism: 22,100 believers.
- Caodaism: 36,000 believers.
- Protestantism: 1,200
believers.
- Hoahaoism: 1,000 believers.
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5. Cultural
institutions:
Classified relics (as of
7/5/1997): 3
Historical relics:2
Historical and natural spot
relic: 1
Sight seeing spots:
- Hon Khoai island (Ngoc Hien)
- Silver stone (Tran Van Thoi)
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6. Festivals:
- Ky Yen festival (Cung Dinh):
In the fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Dang Y festival (Kh'mer): In
the fifteenth of the tenth month of the lunar calendar.
- Don Ta festival: In the twenty
ninth of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.
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