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Phu
Yen is a South-Central coastal province, lying from 12042'36"
to 13041'28" North latitude and from 108040'40" to
109027'47" East longitude. It bounds with BinhDinh province
in the North, KhanhHoa province in the South, the provinces of Daklak
and GiaLai in the West and East Sea (South China Sea) in the East.
PhuYen is 1,160
km from HaNoi and 561 km from HoChiMinh City. The transportation is such convenient as National Highway 1A crossing, National Highway 25 and Provincial Road 645 linking
the
provinces of Central Highlands, the North-South railway and TuyHoa
airport, etc. making favorable conditions for developing the sea
and ecological forest tourism.
Area:
5,045 km2
Population: 836,672 people
Located
in the tropics and monsoon, under the influence of ocean climate,
PhuYen has two distinguished seasons: The rainy season (from
September to December) and the dry season (from January to August).
Yearly average temperature is 26.5oC and yearly average
rainfall ranges from 1,600 mm to 1,700 mm.
PhuYen
has seven districts (TuyHoa, PhuHoa, SongHinh, SonHoa,
DongXuan, SongCau and TuyAn) and one central town (TuyHoa
town).
The
transportation:
With
the routes such as National Highway 1A, National Road
25, Provincial Road 644, National Road 1D (linking SongCau
district with QuyNhon City), and the road from HoaHiep IZ to VungRo
seaport; the inter-village, inter-commune road sytem is open and
clear for easy communications; the North-South railway and airway
(via TuyHoa airport, operating as of April 2003) are the additions,
attending to the developing task of the province.
The
power supply: The SongHinh Hydroelectric Plant with a
capacity of 72MW is part of the national power sources, and the
North-South 510-KVA line spreads through the province. Thanks to
that, it is guaranteed to supply power for living and production
activities in the whole province. At present, in the pipeline is the
project of building the BaHa-River Hydroelectric Plant, with a
capacity of 3 times higher than that of the current SongHinh
Hydroelectric Plant.
The
water supply: The PhuYen Water Supply Plant (capacity of
28,500 cu. m/day) provides clean water to the TuyHoa town's area,
the neighboring regions, and HIZ. Concurrently, new constructions of
some water supply plants are being executed, in order to serve other
districts and townlets with the capacity of 13,000 cu. m/day.
The
posts and telecommunications: The telecom network in PhuYen
is in pretty good condition, showing that the post offices from the
provincial center to the districts' and communes' are equipped with
modern technologies such as microwave, optical cable, etc. assuring
to keep local, national and global communications uninterrupted.
Total of post-offices, agents, and kiosks in the entire province is
133 units, number of the phone subcribers on the network is 14,716;
the postal service is also growing fast to the rural areas, remote
and mountainous regions, full types of express delivery service like
EMS, DHL, etc.
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Phu
Yen lies at the Eastern side of TruongSon range, with hills and
mountains making up 70% of the natural area. The
topography is sloping obviously from West to East; the
plain band is narrow and multi-partitioned; with 200
km-length seaside and numberous ranges of mountains that
project into the sea, forming straits, bays and lagoons, where
give advantages to the development of tourism, shipment, and aquaculture
for export.
Aquaculture is the fast-growing economic sector of the
province, with the total breeding area of 2,950 hectares,
giving a reaping output of 3,570 tons; additionally,
various kinds of high-value seafood such as So-Huyet (blood
arca), tuna, sugpo prawn, and
lobster.
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Soil
in Phu Yen is very diversified, including 8 main soil groups suited
to various kinds of crop plants.
Minerals resource is plentiful in great reserves such as colored granite (approx. 55 million cu. m), diatomite (over 90 cu.
m), bauxite, fluoride (300,000 tons), mineral water, peat, mineral sand gold.
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Argricultural
land area of 72,390 hectares, forestry land of about 209,377 ha,
specialized land of 12,297 ha, residential land of 5,720 ha,
vacant land of 203,728 ha.
Various kinds of valuable, rare woods and forest-products; what
is more, the national natural preserve park of Krong-Trai that
stretches on 20,190 hectares, with a diverse flora and fauna.
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The
network of rivers of Ba, BanThach, KyLo ..., with a total
area of 4,886 sq. km, assuring to provide water sufficient for the
agricultural irrigation.
HUMAN
RESOURCE
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The
statistics till 2003 showed that the workforce of the province
was 598,551 people (occupying 71.5% of the province's population),
at young ages, diligent, learning-eager and well-educated,
capable of fast access to scientific and technical advances of
the world. This is one of the strong points, as a vital force
for the scio-economic development of the province.
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PhuYen
has a colleges network (the teachers' college, the construction
college #3) training about 600 students a year, one institute
branch that majors in financing and banking and train over 300
students a year, and other vocational and training centers where
train about 1,400 technicians and 800 workers skilled from the
grade 3/7 and up.
Population: 836,672 people (Year 2003)
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Urban:
167,626 p/p
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Rural:
669,046 p/p
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