Rông House Kon Klor • Dams Yaly • Stream Đắk Glei • Mountain Đắk Glei • The border mark of the tripoint between Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia • Bố Y Border Gate • Kon Tum wooden church • Bishop of Kon Tum Building • Hotel Đồi Thông • Mountain Măng Đen • River Đắk Bla
Kon Tum shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,677.30 km2 (3,736.43 sq mi)[1] and a population of approximately 530,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.
Name
The name Kon Tum comes from the name of a village of the Bahnar ethnic group. In the Bahnar language, kon means "village" and tum means "pool". Prior to the adoption of the Vietnamese alphabet in the 1920s, the name was rendered as 崑嵩.
Administrative divisions
Kon Tum is subdivided into ten district-level sub-divisions:
The southern border with Gia Lai follows the Sê San river up to Yali Falls Dam, as well as part of the Dak Bla, Dak Pokei and Dak Poe rivers. The Sa Thầy River, a tributary of the Sê San, also runs through the province.[4]
The province is primarily located in the Sê San river basin, though parts are also in the headwaters of the Vu Gia, Trà Khúc and Sekong Rivers.