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1. Population:
751,789
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Geographical features:
- Total area: 4,749.4 square km
- Hoa Binh is a mountainous province. It's
adjacent to Phu Tho and Ha Tay to the north, Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa
to the south, Ha Tay and Ha Nam to the east, Son La to the west. Its
topography is mainly composed of mountains and forest, with a narrow
valley betwee the sides of the mountains. Its highest place is Da Bac
(560 m), with ten mountain peaks (1,011 m - 1,373 m) and its lowest
place is Hoa Binh (20 m). There are two main rivers in Ha Binh, the Da
river (151 km) with a river lake of 8,000 ha , and the Boi river (60
km). Hoa Binh's land structure is mainly forestry land (46.5%),
agricultural land (15.3% ) of which 5.9% of land is for rice
cultivation, the remaining are bare hills.
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5. Cultural institution:
- Classified relics (as of 7/5/1997): 12
- Historical relics: 6
- Beautiful spot relics: 2
- Special important relics:
- Hoa Binh cultural relic
(Archaeological site)
- Scenic spots:
- Thac Bo Temple and Da River Lake's
bottom (Ky Son - Da Bac)
- Ban Van, Ban Lac (Mai Chau)
- Mineral stream (Kim Boi)
- Hang pagoda (Yen Thuy)
- Tien pagoda (Phu Lao Lac Thuy)
- Rong Tam mountain (Luong Son)
- Can cave (Ky Son)
- Tien Phi cave (Hoa Binh town)
- Lim forest (Dan Chu - Hoa Binh town)
- Muong Co village (Phong Phu - Tan
Lac)
- Cot Co mountain (Muong Khen - Tan
Lac)
- Hoa Binh hydro power station (Hoa
Binh town)
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3. Ethnic groups:
6
- Kinh: 196,199 people
- Muong: 451,532 people
- Thai: 27,768 people
- Tay: 117,066 people
- Dao: 11,304 people
- H'mong: 3,171 people
- Others: 620 people
4. Religion:
- Catholicism: 14,907 believers.
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6. Festivals:
- Tien pagoda festival (Phu Lao - Lac Thuy):
from the fifteenth of the first moon to the fifteenth of the second
moon of the lunar calendar.
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