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Ca Mau Travel
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Area:
5,201.5
sq. km
Population:
1,200,800
habitants (2004)
Capital:
Ca Mau City
Districts: Dam
Doi, Ngoc Hien, Tran Van Thoi, Cai Nuoc, U Minh,
Thoi Binh, Nam Can, Phu Tan.
Ethnic groups:
Viet (Kinh), Khmer, Hoa, Tay.
Geography
Ca Mau Province is situated in the southern tip
of Vietnam with 307km coastal length. It is
surrounded by East Sea on three faces and Kien
Giang, Bac Lieu provinces on the north and
north-east.
It's interlacing rivers and canals have
generated tangled flows in the province. Seven
large rivers are: Ong Doc, Bay Hap, Cai Lon,
Ganh Hao, Dam Doi, Trem Trem, and Bach Nguu.
Some offshore islands are: Hon Da Bac, Hon Khoai
and Hon Chuoi.
There are two types of forest in Ca Mau
province: salt marsh and cajuput. The cajuput
forest has the highest biological value among
other types of natural forest, with high
economic value and environmental protection.
Climate:
Ca Mau, with its sub-equatorial monsoon climate
has two main seasons: the rainny season from May
to October, and the dry season, extending from
November to April of the next year. The
province’s average annual temperature is 26.5ºC.
It is coolest in January with 250C.
The annual rainfall averages 2,500mm, 90% of
which is distributed over 6 months of the rainy
season. Average humidity is about 80% in dry
season and 85 % in rainny season. Ca Mau rarely
suffers storms and floods.
Tourism and Economy
Ca Mau has great potentiality in ecological
tourism thanking to salt-marsh ecological
systems and diversified plants and animals. It
has long seaside so there are many shrimp farms
here. Then it is considered one of the key
fishing grounds of the country, with great
reserves of seafood of different types.Besides
that, there are wild animals, such as deer, pig,
and monkey.
Hon Khoai Island is a historical vestige that
had related with the insurrection led by hero
Phan Ngoc Hien. Ca Mau is famous for U Minh
cajuput forest and Nam Can mangrove forest.
Rather than those, Ca Mau is also well known for
its bird sanctuaries: Cai Nuoc, Dam Doi, Ngoc
Hien... Most of all, Ngoc Hien bird sanctuary
attracts more and more visitors.
Transportation
Road:
Camau is 114km from Bac Lieu, 130km from Rach
Gia, 180km from Cantho, and 380km from Ho Chi
Minh City. National Highways No. 1A, 63 connect
Ca Mau to Bac Lieu and Kien Giang provinces.
Waterway:
The boats run from Ca Mau to Ho Chi Minh City,
Rach Gia. Tourist can visit U Minh and Ngoc Hien
by ferry.
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