Area: 5,060.6 sq. km.
Population: 862 thousand habitants (April 2009).
Capital: Tuy Hoa City.
Administrative divisions:
- Town: Song Cau.
- Districts: Dong Xuan, Tuy An, Son Hoa, Tay Hoa, Dong Hoa, Song Hinh, Phu Hoa.
Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Cham, Ba Na, E De.
Geography Situated in South-Central Coast, Phu Yen shares border with Binh Dinh Province on the north, Khanh Hoa Province on the south, Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces on the west and East Sea on the east. The terrain is divided into two main area including mountain, hill, plain and more than 100km seaside. Phu Yen has a quite diversified resources of land, forest, sea, rivers, lagoons, bays such as Cu Mong, Xuan Dai bays, O Loan, Vung Ro lagoons, Ba, Ky Lo, and Ban Thach rivers. Phu Yen owns Da Rang Bridge, the longest one in Central Vietnam Influenced by ocean climate, the weather here is hot with high humid and lots of rain. Annual average temperature is 26.5oC.
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