Đắk Nông Province - Wikipedia

Province of Vietnam Province in Central Highlands, Vietnam

Đắk Nông Quảng Đức
Province
Đắk Nông province
Dray Sap Falls  • Mơ Nông Plateau  • Dak R'Tih River  • Đạo Nguyên Temple  • Nam Đông Mountain
Seal
Location of Đắk/Ðắc Nông within Vietnam
Coordinates: 11°59′N 107°42′E / 11.983°N 107.700°E / 11.983; 107.700
Country	Vietnam
Region	Central Highlands
Capital	Gia Nghĩa
Area[1]
• Total	6,509.27 km2 (2,513.24 sq mi)
Population (2025)[2]
• Total	846,149
• Density	129.991/km2 (336.676/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Vietnamese, Ê Đê, Nùng, M'Nông, Tày
GDP[3]
• Total	VND 29.227 trillionUS$ 1.268 billion
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes	261 (from 17 June 2017)501 (until 16 July 2017)
ISO 3166 code	VN-72
Website	daknong.gov.vn

Đắk Nông, anglicized as Daknong, was a former southern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Đắk Lắk to the north, Lâm Đồng to the southeast, Bình Phước and Mondulkiri of Cambodia to the west. It was dissolved and merged with Lâm Đồng province on 12 June 2025.[4]

Name

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Its name comes from the Đăk Nông River, an upper stream of the Đồng Nai River. Daàk-nông means "River of the Mnong" in Mnong language.

Geography

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Đắk Nông is about 500m above sea level in elevation. The terrain is lower in the west. Đắk Nông has large fields and lakes in the south. Đắk Nông has three main river systems: the Ba River, the Srepok (or Sêrêpôk) river (part of the Mekong river basin) and Đồng Nai river demarking the southern border of the Province, with other small rivers and tributaries. Tà Đùng National Park helps to provide riparian zone protection for the Đồng Nai River basin.

Climate

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The average temperature is 24 degrees Celsius. The rainy season starts in May and ends in October. The dry season starts in November and ends in April the year after.

Economy

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Like Đắk Lắk province, coffee, pepper and rubber are the most important products of Đắk Nông. Đắk Nông is a potential province of tourism. There are many beautiful sites such as Ba Tang Waterfall, Diệu Thanh Waterfall, and Nâm Nung pine hill.

Transportation

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In terms of air travel, the province does not have its own airport with nearest airports located in either the provinces of Đắk Lắk or Lâm Đồng provinces.

Administrative divisions

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Đắk Nông is subdivided into eight district-level sub-divisions:

Second Tiersubdivisions	Area(km2)	Third Tier subdivisions
		Ward	Township	Commune
Gia Nghĩa city	286.64	5	3
Cư Jút District	718.90	1	7
Đăk Glong District	7
Đăk Mil District	682.70	1	9
Đăk R'Lấp District	63.42	1	10
Đăk Song District	808.10	1	8
Krông Nô District	816.80	1	11
Tuy Đức District	1123.27	6

They are further subdivided into five commune-level towns (or townlets), 61 communes, and five wards.

History

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Before 1975, Đắk Nông was part of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and was formerly named Quảng Đức Province. However, after the 1975 Việt Cộng victory and reunification with southern Vietnam in the Vietnam War, Quảng Đức was conjoined with Đắk Lắk Province.

References

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1. ^ Biểu số 4.4: Hiện trạng sử dụng đất vùng Tây Nguyên năm 2022 [Table 4.4: Current land use status in the Central Highlands in 2022] (PDF) (Decision 3048/QĐ-BTNMT) (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). 18 October 2023. – the data in the report are in hectares, rounded to integers
2. ^ Statistical Handbook of Vietnam 2014, General Statistics Office Of Vietnam
3. ^ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Đắk Nông năm 2018". Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu tư. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
4. ^ "Quốc hội thông qua Nghị quyết về việc sắp xếp đơn vị hành chính cấp tỉnh, từ ngày 12/6, cả nước còn 34 tỉnh, thành phố". National Assembly of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). 2025-06-12. Archived from the original on 2025-06-12. Retrieved 2025-06-12.

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Places adjacent to Đăk Nông
Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia Đắk Lắk province Đắk Nông province Bình Phước province Lâm Đồng province

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