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Gia Lai province

Province of Vietnam

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Gia Lai province Tỉnh Gia Lai
Province
T'Nưng Lake  • One Pillar Pagoda in Pleiku  • Monument to Heroes and Martyrs Gia Lai  • Great Solidarity Square  • Minh Thành Temple  • An Khê Mountain  • Dams Đắk Plao  • Đức An Lake  • Pleiku City night  • Museum Pleiku
Location of Gia Lai within Vietnam
Coordinates: 13°45′N 108°15′E / 13.750°N 108.250°E / 13.750; 108.250
Country	Vietnam
Region	Central Highlands
Capital	Pleiku
Government
• People's Council Chair	Dương Văn Trang
• People's Committee Chair	Phạm Thế Dũng
Area [1]
• Total	15,510.13 km2 (5,988.49 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	1,791,000
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	39, including Vietnamese, Gia Rai, Ba Na, Xơ Đăng, Giẻ Triêng
GDP[2]
• Total	VND 66.158 trillion US$ 2.873 billion
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes	269 (from 17 Jun 2017) 59 (until 16 Jul 2017)
ISO 3166 code	VN-30
Website	gialai.gov.vn

Gia Lai (Vietnamese: [jaː˧˧ laːj˧˧] ^ⓘ) is a northern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the CentralofVietnam. It borders Kon Tum in the north, Quảng Ngãi in the northeast, Bình Định in the east, Phú Yên in the southeast, Đắk Lắk in the south and RatanakiriofCambodia in the west.

As of 2023, Gia Lai province is the 18th most populous administrative unit in Vietnam with a population of 1,613,895 people. It ranks 30th in terms of Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), 33rd in per capita GRDP, and 33rd in GRDP growth rate. In 2020, the GRDP reached 80,000.32 billion VND, with a per capita GRDP of 51.9 million VND and a GRDP growth rate of 8.00%.^[3]

Gia Lai is a mountainous province located in the northern Central Highlands at an average altitude of 700 - 800 m above sea level with an area of 15,510.13 km² (5,988.49 sq mi),^[1] and an average population of 1,426,000 people (2017). Gia Lai borders Kon Tum Province to the north, Dak Lak Province to the south, Cambodia to the west, and Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, and Phu Yen Provinces to the east. The province has 17 administrative units including Pleiku City, 2 towns of An Khe, Ayun Pa, and 14 districts including Chu Pah, Chu Prong, Dak Doa, Chu Se, Chu Puh, Phu Thien, Mang Yang, Krong Pa, Kong Chro, Kbang, Ia Pa, Ia Grai, Duc Co, Dak Po. Pleiku City is the economic, political, cultural, and social center of the province.^[4]

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• Ayun Hạ Lake

Gia Lai is composed of 17 district-level sub-divisions:

They are further subdivided into 15 commune-level towns (or townlets), 184 communes, and 24 wards.

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