Bắc Ninh province
Bắc Ninh province
Tỉnh Bắc Ninh | |
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| Nickname: "Quanholand" (Miền quan họ) | |
Location of Bắc Ninh within Vietnam. | |
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| Coordinates: 21°5′N 106°10′E / 21.083°N 106.167°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | Northern Midlands and Mountains |
| Central hall | No.82, Hùng Vương Vương road, Bắc Giang ward |
| Sub-division | 33 wards, 66 communes |
| Government | |
| • Type | Province-level authority |
| • Body | Bắc Ninh Provincial People's Council |
| • Chairman of People's Council | Nguyễn Quốc Chung |
| • Chairman of People's Committee | Nguyễn Hương Giang |
| Area | |
• Province | 4,718.6 km2 (1,821.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Province | 3,619,433 |
| • Density | 767.06/km2 (1,986.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 790.000 |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Kinh | 94.46% |
| • Tày | 1.79% |
| • Others | 3.75% |
| GDP | |
| • Province | VND 161.708 trillion US$ 7.024 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area codes | 222 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-56 |
| Vehicle registration | 99 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.784 (6th) |
| Website | Bacninh.gov.vn |
Bắc Ninh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɓɐ̌k˧˥ nīɲ]) is a province of Vietnam, located in the Northern Midlands and Mountains. It borders Hanoi, Hải Phòng, Hưng Yên province, Lạng Sơn province, and Thái Nguyên province. The province covers an area of 822.71 km2 (317.65 mi2) and as of 2022 it had a population of 1.488.250.
The province is known for Quan họ folk music. Quan họ was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO in 2009. Bắc Ninh has a Human Development Index of 0.779 (high), ranking seventh among all municipalities and provinces of Vietnam. It was ranked eighth in Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) and third in per capita GRDP among Vietnamese administrative units. The GRDP reached 248.376 trillion Vietnamese Đồng (equivalent to over 10.8 billion USD), with a per capita GRDP of 7,250 USD (equivalent to 167 million Đồng), and a GRDP growth rate of 7.39% in 2022.