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Cần Thơ () is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong Delta. It is noted for its floating market, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals.〔 It had a population of 1.2 million as of 2011, and is located on the south bank of the Hau River, a branch of the Mekong. In 2007, about 50 people died when the Cần Thơ Bridge collapsed, causing Vietnam's worst engineering disaster. In 2011, Can Tho International Airport opened.〔Emmons, p. 342.〕 The city is nicknamed the "western capital" (''Tây Đô''), and is located from Ho Chi Minh City. Cần Thơ's climate is tropical and monsoonal with two seasons: rainy, from May to November; and dry, from December to April. Average annual humidity is 83%, rainfall and temperature . ==Administrative system== The city is an independent municipality at the same level as provinces of Vietnam. It was created in the beginning of 2004 by a split of the former Cần Thơ Province into two new administrative units: Cần Thơ City and Hậu Giang Province. Cần Thơ is subdivided into nine district-level sub-divisions: * 5 urban districts: * * Bình Thủy * * Cái Răng * * Ninh Kiều * * Ô Môn * * Thốt Nốt * 4 rural districts: * * Cờ Đỏ * * Phong Điền * * Thới Lai * * Vĩnh Thạnh They are further subdivided into five commune-level towns (or townlets), 36 communes, and 44 wards. Ninh Kiều, which has the well-known port Ninh Kiều port, is the center district and also the most populated and wealthiest of these districts. The city borders the provinces of An Giang, Hậu Giang, Kiên Giang, Vĩnh Long and Đồng Tháp. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cần Thơ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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