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Provincial city in Quảng Ninh, Vietnam

Móng Cái City Thành phố Móng CáiHải Ninh districtVạn Ninh harbor硭街市Ville de Moncay
Provincial city (Class-II)
View of a corner in Móng Cái.
Seal
Nicknames: "Market Municipality"(Thành phố thương mại)"The Border Market"(Chợ vùng biên)
Motto:  "Solidarity – Pioneering – Bravery – Creativity"[note 1](Đoàn kết – Tiên phong – Bản lĩnh – Sáng tạo)
Interactive map of Móng Cái City
Móng Cái CityLocation in Vietnam.
Coordinates: 21°32′N 107°58′E / 21.533°N 107.967°E / 21.533; 107.967
Country	Vietnam
Province	Quảng Ninh
Establishment	XVII century
Central hall	No.1, Hữu Nghị road, Trấn Phúc ward, Móng Cái city
Government
• Type	Municipality
• People Committee's Chairman	Hồ Quang Huy[1]
• People Council's Chairman	Nguyễn Văn Đô
• Front Committee's Chairman	Đỗ Viết Mạnh[2]
• Party Committee's Secretary	Hoàng Bá Nam[3]
Area
• Provincial city (Class-II)	519.58 km2 (200.61 sq mi)
Population (April 1, 2019)
• Provincial city (Class-II)	108,553
• Density	209/km2 (540/sq mi)
• Urban	66,434
• Metro	42,119
• Ethnicities	KinhNungzTankaTay
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)
ZIP code	01000–02000–01500[note 2]
Climate	Cwa
Website	Mongcai.Quangninh.gov.vnMongcai.Quangninh.dcs.vn

Móng Cái (listenⓘ, /mong:gaai:si/) is a city in Quảng Ninh province in Northeast Vietnam, located at the border with China.

History

[edit] See also: Nùng Autonomous Territory

Its name, Móng Cái (硭街市, /mong:gaai/), comes from Yue Chinese (commonly referred to as Cantonese for the entire branch) and means "mong market". The name reflects the conditions of the settlement along this coastal area during the Middle Ages, when the Nùng, Tày and especially the Tanka communities lived together there.

Located on the Sino–Vietnamese frontier, Móng Cái sits on the Southern bank of Beilun River across from Dongxing city of China's Guangxi Autonomous Region. It had a population of about 108,553 in 2019.[4] One of these areas is the Trần Phúc ward.

Geography

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Currently, Móng Cái City is divided into :

• 7 wards : Bình Ngọc, Hải Hòa, Hải Yên, Ka Long, Ninh Dương, Trấn Phúc.
• 9 communes : Bắc Sơn, Hải Tiến, Hải Đông, Hải Sơn, Hải Xuân, Quảng Nghĩa, Vạn Ninh, Vĩnh Thực, Vĩnh Trung.

Topography

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Móng Cái covers an area of 519.28 km2.[5]

Demography

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As of 2019, Móng Cái had a population of 108,553.[5]

Climate

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Climate data for Móng Cái
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	28.0(82.4)	29.9(85.8)	34.8(94.6)	33.8(92.8)	37.5(99.5)	38.8(101.8)	39.1(102.4)	37.8(100.0)	39.0(102.2)	36.4(97.5)	33.2(91.8)	30.9(87.6)	39.1(102.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18.4(65.1)	18.9(66.0)	21.7(71.1)	25.8(78.4)	29.5(85.1)	31.0(87.8)	31.3(88.3)	31.3(88.3)	30.9(87.6)	28.6(83.5)	25.1(77.2)	21.1(70.0)	26.1(79.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	14.9(58.8)	15.9(60.6)	18.9(66.0)	23.0(73.4)	26.4(79.5)	27.9(82.2)	28.2(82.8)	27.8(82.0)	27.0(80.6)	24.4(75.9)	20.6(69.1)	16.7(62.1)	22.6(72.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	12.4(54.3)	13.7(56.7)	16.8(62.2)	20.8(69.4)	23.8(74.8)	25.4(77.7)	25.6(78.1)	25.2(77.4)	24.1(75.4)	20.3(68.5)	17.3(63.1)	13.3(55.9)	19.9(67.8)
Record low °C (°F)	1.1(34.0)	3.3(37.9)	4.7(40.5)	9.3(48.7)	14.6(58.3)	18.8(65.8)	19.9(67.8)	20.7(69.3)	16.4(61.5)	10.8(51.4)	3.0(37.4)	2.1(35.8)	1.1(34.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	46.5(1.83)	42.8(1.69)	59.8(2.35)	122.6(4.83)	272.2(10.72)	448.3(17.65)	593.3(23.36)	469.4(18.48)	313.1(12.33)	182.6(7.19)	73.9(2.91)	36.9(1.45)	2,661(104.76)
Average rainy days	9.7	12.2	14.7	13.2	14.1	17.9	20.2	18.4	13.0	9.6	6.9	6.9	157.3
Average relative humidity (%)	80.3	84.2	86.9	87.2	86.0	86.8	86.6	86.7	83.3	79.6	77.2	76.2	83.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours	73.1	48.9	50.5	86.2	157.1	149.2	173.4	171.0	185.8	184.9	151.8	117.6	1,552.2
Source 1: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[6]
Source 2: The Yearbook of Indochina[7]

Culture

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Language

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Due to its proximity to the China-Vietnam border, many languages are spoken in Móng Cái. In addition to the native Vietnamese language, Cantonese is widely spoken in the Center Market and English is becoming the second language of the younger generation. Mandarin Chinese is also spoken here, especially in commercial areas.

Tourism

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The nearby Trà Cổ Beach of Móng Cái attracts many Vietnamese tourists who come every year from Hanoi or Haiphong. With two five-star hotels and a large number of private hotels and guesthouses, Móng Cái is able to provide more than adequate lodging for many tourists.

The city is home to a walking street night market in the Trấn Phúc urban district of the city closest to the border with China. It is also home to several daily open markets where products from China are sold wholesale and to tourists. Many of the cities merchants are from China and usually start business in the morning and return to their homes across the border in the late afternoon. The city can get quite crowded around major holidays such as the May 1st and Independence Day long weekends.

The city is famous for its seafood and many of these restaurants line the streets of the city.

The Sa Vĩ cape near the city is one of the extremes of the Vietnamese frontier. It is possible to look out from the point and easily see the Chinese mainland on the other side.

Economy

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The volume of trade between Vietnam and China through the Móng Cái border gate reached US$2.4 billion and 4.1 billion in 2007 and 2008 respectively, the highest among the Vietnam-China border crossings. The cash flow via the banks located in Móng Cái was VND180,469 billion (US$11 billion). The volume of trade is increasing significantly year by year. In particular, counting up to the end of March 2008, the volume of trade reached 720 Million which an increase of 82% from the same period of the previous year. The tax revenue of Móng Cái in 2008 was more than 1,700 billion VND (nearly US$100 million) equal to 150% to the year of 2007 result in the fact that Móng Cái is only district level area in northern Vietnam has tax revenue more than 1,000 billion and rank third in the whole nation.

Regarding urbanization, Móng Cái is classified as a Class-II Provincial City as of 2008. Móng Cái is known as "Market City" because of its six big markets located in the city center.

See also

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• Cẩm Phả
• Đông Hưng
• Hạ Long

Notes and references

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Notes

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1. ^ An official motto from 2024 to present.
2. ^ An official code from 2024 to present.

References

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1. ^ Chủ tịch UBND TP Móng Cái Hồ Quang Huy bị kỷ luật cảnh cáo
2. ^ Đại hội đại biểu MTTQ TP Móng Cái lần thứ XVIII, nhiệm kỳ 2024–29
3. ^ Bí thư Thành ủy Móng Cái Hoàng Bá Nam động viên cán bộ chiến sỹ và công nhân làm nhiệm vụ xuyên Tết
4. ^ "Móng Cái (District-level City, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
5. ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
6. ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).
7. ^ The Yearbook of Indochina Archived 10 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

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Bibliography

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• Xiaorong Han (2009). "Spoiled Guests or Dedicated Patriots? The Chinese in North Vietnam, 1954–1978". International Journal of Asian Studies. 6 (1). Cambridge University Press: 1–36. doi:10.1017/S1479591409000011. S2CID 145394772.
• George Coedes. The Making of South East Asia, 2nd ed. University of California Press, 1983.
• Trần Ngọc Thêm. Cơ sở văn hóa Việt Nam (The Foundation of Vietnamese Culture), 504 pages. Publishing by Nhà xuất bản Đại học Tổng hợp TPHCM. Saigon, Vietnam, 1995.
• Trần Quốc Vượng, Tô Ngọc Thanh, Nguyễn Chí Bền, Lâm Mỹ Dung, Trần Thúy Anh. Cơ sở văn hóa Việt Nam (The Basis of Vietnamese Culture), 292 pages. Re-publishing by Nhà xuất bản Giáo Dục Việt Nam & Quảng Nam Printing Co-Ltd. Hanoi, Vietnam, 2006.
• Trần Đức Lai, ed. (2013) [2008]. The Nung Ethic and Autonomous Territory of Hai Ninh-Vietnam. Translated by Ngô Thanh Tùng. Hai Ninh veterans and Public Administration Alumni Association-Vietnam. ISBN 978-0-578-12004-1.
• Tập bản đồ hành chính Việt Nam (Vietnamese administrative maps), Nhà xuất bản Tài nguyên – Môi trường và Bản đồ Việt Nam, Hà Nội, 2013.
• Li Tana (2011). Jiaozhi (Giao Chỉ) in the Han period Tongking Gulf. In Cooke, Nola; Li Tana; Anderson, James A. (eds.). The Tongking Gulf Through History. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 39–44. ISBN 9780812205022.
• Li Tana, Towards an environmental history of the eastern Red River Delta, Vietnam, c.900–1400, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014.
• Samuel Baron, Christoforo Borri, Olga Dror, Keith W. Taylor (2018). Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam : Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-501-72090-1.

External links

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• Moncay City : The bright picture in Vietnamese economy (vi)

21°32′N 107°58′E / 21.533°N 107.967°E / 21.533; 107.967

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Quảng Ninh province	Cẩm Phả city Đông Triều city Hạ Long city※ Móng Cái city Uông Bí city Quảng Yên town Ba Chẽ Bình Liêu Cô Tô Đầm Hà Hải Hà Tiên Yên Vân Đồn
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Tuyên Quang province	Tuyên Quang city※ Chiêm Hóa Hàm Yên Lâm Bình Na Hang Sơn Dương Yên Sơn
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