Bạc Liêu ( Vietnamese: [ɓàːk liəw] ) is a provincial city and capital of the Bạc Liêu Province in the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam . It is a medium-sized town with a population of 156,110 in 2019. The former name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi .
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1-593: The name Bạc Liêu is based on the Chinese pronunciation of a Khmer name (Pol Leav ពលលាវ in Khmer). In the 1950s the area was a center of Huỳnh Phú Sổ 's Hòa Hảo religion after Sổ was released there. Bạc Liêu has a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen Aw ). 9°17′N 105°43′E / 9.283°N 105.717°E / 9.283; 105.717 This article about a location in Bạc Liêu province , Vietnam
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