Bac Giang is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Northeast region of the country, being situated to the east of Hanoi. The province covers an area of 3827.45 square kilometres and, as of 2008, it had a population of 1,628,400.
Bac Giang’s history is traced to the Hung Kings who established the Van Lang nation, which was then followed in succession the rule of the Le and Nguyen dynasties. It was the prefecture of Da Phuc during the time of Emperor Tu Duc, Vietnam’s last independent monarch. The modern province of Bac Giang was founded in 1895.
The province lies in the Red River Delta and is bordered by Quang Ninh to the east, Lang Son to the north, Thai Nguyen and the urban district of Soc Son in the capital Hanoi to the west, and Bac Ninh and Hai Duong to the south.
Political Map of Bac Giang province
Interactive online map of Bac Giang
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Large scale maps of Bac Giang
Bac Giang location map
Bac Giang street map
Bac Giang satellite map
See also
See also map of Bac Giang province and district-level sub-divisions: Map of Vietnam provinces:- Ha Noi
- Ho Chi Minh
- Da Nang
- Can Tho
- Hai Phong
- An Giang
- Ba Ria-Vung Tau
- Bac Giang
- Bac Kan
- Bac Lieu
- Bac Ninh
- Ben Tre
- Binh Dinh
- Binh Duong
- Binh Phuoc
- Binh Thuan
- Ca Mau
- Cao Bang
- Dak Lak
- Dak Nong
- Dien Bien
- Dong Nai
- Dong Thap
- Gia Lai
- Ha Giang
- Ha Nam
- Ha Tinh
- Hai Duong
- Hau Giang
- Hoa Binh
- Hung Yen
- Khanh Hoa
- Kien Giang
- Kon Tum
- Lai Chau
- Lam Dong
- Lang Son
- Lao Cai
- Long An
- Nam Dinh
- Nghe An
- Ninh Binh
- Ninh Thuan
- Phu Tho
- Phu Yen
- Quang Binh
- Quang Nam
- Quang Ngai
- Quang Ninh
- Quang Tri
- Soc Trang
- Son La
- Tay Ninh
- Thai Binh
- Thai Nguyen
- Thanh Hoa
- Thua Thien-Hue
- Tien Giang
- Tra Vinh
- Tuyen Quang
- Vinh Long
- Vinh Phuc
- Yen Bai