Bạc Liêu
Provincial city in Vietnam
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Bạc Liêu (Vietnamese: [ɓàːk liəw] ⓘ) is a former provincial city and capital of the former Bạc Liêu Province in the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam. It is a medium-sized town with a population of 156,110 in 2019.[1] The former name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi.[2]
Bạc Liêu
Minh Hải | |
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| Bạc Liêu City Thành phố Bạc Liêu | |
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 Interactive map of Bạc Liêu | |
  Bạc Liêu Location of in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 9°17′N 105°43′E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Bạc Liêu |
| Area | |
| 175.25 km2 (67.66 sq mi) | |
| Population (2019 census) | |
| 156,110 | |
| • Density | 890.78/km2 (2,307.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 115,508 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
| Climate | Aw |
History
The name Bạc Liêu is based on the Chinese pronunciation of a Khmer name[3] (Pol Leav ពលលាវ in Khmer). In the 1950s the area was a center of Huỳnh Phú Sổ's Hòa Hảo religion after Sổ was released there.[4]
On June 16, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15.[5] The city was dissolved and new wards were rearranged from the district.
Climate
Bạc Liêu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw).
| Climate data for Bạc Liêu | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.3 (93.7) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.7 (96.3) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 5.2 (0.20) |
3.7 (0.15) |
13.9 (0.55) |
59.6 (2.35) |
201.3 (7.93) |
281.1 (11.07) |
273.9 (10.78) |
290.1 (11.42) |
309.3 (12.18) |
295.3 (11.63) |
173.2 (6.82) |
47.4 (1.87) |
1,954 (76.93) |
| Average rainy days | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 16.1 | 20.7 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 23.2 | 22.1 | 13.8 | 6.5 | 155.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80.7 | 79.5 | 78.9 | 78.8 | 83.2 | 85.9 | 86.8 | 87.7 | 88.7 | 88.8 | 86.4 | 84.0 | 84.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 239.3 | 255.0 | 291.9 | 271.7 | 206.0 | 166.2 | 177.8 | 172.4 | 156.1 | 168.8 | 193.5 | 205.8 | 2,505.8 |
| Source 1: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)[7] | |||||||||||||