In Vietnamese, Cửu Long (deriving from the Sino-Vietnamese 九龍) literally means "nine dragons," referring to the Mekong, known in Vietnamese as the "River of Nine Dragons".
cửu, long, province, cửu, long, province, mekong, delta, region, southern, vietnam, created, 1976, from, merger, vĩnh, long, province, vĩnh, bình, province, 1992, cửu, long, split, into, vĩnh, long, trà, vinh, provinces, contents, statistics, etymology, refere. Cửu Long was a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam 1 It was created in 1976 from the merger of Vĩnh Long province and Vĩnh Binh province and in 1992 Cửu Long was re split into Vĩnh Long and Tra Vinh provinces 1 Contents 1 Statistics 2 Etymology 3 References 3 1 Bibliography 4 External linksStatistics editArea 3 856 km2 Population 1 979 800 1992 Etymology editIn Vietnamese Cửu Long deriving from the Sino Vietnamese 九龍 literally means nine dragons referring to the Mekong known in Vietnamese as the River of Nine Dragons The area of Hong Kong called Kowloon shares a common etymology References edit a b Encyclopaedia Britannica Bibliography edit Cuu Long Encyclopaedia Britannica Archived from the original on 9 March 2021 External links editVietnam provinces nbsp This article about a location in Vietnam is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cửu Long province amp oldid 1157845022, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
