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CHINA
Nanning
Ha Giang
Cao Bang
Simao
CHINA
Yulin
Lao Cai
Pingxiang
Qinzhou
Lang Son
T onkin
Plain
Thai
Nguyen
Phongsali
Dien Bien
Phu
MYANMAR
(BURMA)
Anpu
Bac Giang
Son La
Beihai
Viet Tri
Hai
Duong
Zhanjiang
Hanoi
Louang
Namtha
Hong Gai
Haiphong
Hoa Binh
Thai
Binh
Xam Nua
Nam Dinh
LAOS
Haikou
Xiangkhoang
Plateau
Louangphrabang
Thanh Hoa
INDOCHINA
Xiang
Khoang
Muang
Xaignabouri
Nan
Hainan
Island
Dongfang
Core area
Railroad
Vinh
Pipeline
Road
Ha Tinh
0
0
100
200 Kilo
m
eters
Viang
chan
Sanya
50
100
150 Miles
Nong Khai
Dong Hoi
Muang
Khammouan
Udon Thani
Sakon
Nakhon
Phitsanulok
Quang Tri
Hué
Savannakhet
Phetchabun
Khon Kaen
THAILAND
Khemmarat
Da Nang
Saravan
Nakhon Sawan
VIETNAM
Ubon
Ratchathani
Pakxe
Quang Ngai
Attapu
Nakhon
Ratchasima
Surin
Phra Nakhon
Si Ayutthaya
Muang
Khong
Kon Tum
Phumi
Samraong
Virochey
Pleiku
Qui Nhon
Aranyaprathet
Bangkok
Angkor
Sisophon
CAMBODIA
Central
Highlands
Siem Reap
Chon Buri
Tuy Hoa
Batdambang
Pattaya
Chanthaburi
Kompong
Thum
Kracheh
Buon Me Thuot
Pouthisat
Trat
Nha Trang
Cam Ranh
Da Lat
Kompong
Cham
Phnom Penh
Loc Ninh
Krong
Kaoh Kong
Kompong Spoe
Phan Rang
T Tay Ninh
Svay
Rieng
Bien
Hoa
T akev
Kompong
Som
Gia Dinh
Phan Thiet
Chau Doc
POPULATION
Kampot
My Tho
Ho Chi Minh City
(Saigon-Cholon)
Long Xuyen
Phu
Quoc I.
Sa Dec
Vung
Tau
Under 50,000
50,000-250,000
250,000-1,000,000
1,000,000-5,000,000
Over 5,000,000
Vinh Long
Can
Tho
Bac Lieu
Rach Gia
Ca Mau
Peninsula
Ca Mau
Con Son I.
National capitals are underlined
Longitude East of Greenwich
Figure 15-13
Vietnam is part of a region known as Indochina, including Laos and Cambodia. All were
French colonies. Note how the Annamese Cordillera dominates the physical geography of
Vietnam. With rice-producing core areas at either end of the country , Vietnam is indeed “two
baskets of rice separated by a bamboo pole.
From H. J. de Blij and P . O. Muller,
Geography:
Realms, Regions and Concepts
, 14th edition, 2010, p. 548. Originally rendered in color. © H. J. de Blij
and P . O. Muller. Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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