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Gia Lai | |
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Coordinates: 13°45′N 108°15′E / 13.750°N 108.250°E | |
Country | Vietnam |
Region | Central Highlands |
Capital | Pleiku |
Government | |
• People's Council Chair | Dương Văn Trang |
• People's Committee Chair | Phạm Thế Dũng |
Area | |
• Total | 15,510.13 km2 (5,988.49 sq mi) |
Population (2024) | |
• Total | 1,634,896 |
• Density | 110/km2 (270/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 |
HDI (2020) | 0.663[3] (56th) |
Website | gialai |
Gia Lai is a northern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. 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 Ratanakiri of Cambodia 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%.[4]