Bình Phước Province

Bình Phước ( listen) is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Southeast region of the country, to the north of Hồ Chí Minh City. It shares a border with Cambodia.

History

Bình Phước Province is the result of a merger of two former provinces: Phước Long Province and Bình Long Province, which existed before reunification. Both Phước Long and Bình Long then became part of Sông Bé Province in 1976, which also included Bình Dương Province. Sông Bé Province was dissolved in 1997 and Bình Phước again became a separate province. Several significant battles were fought in what is now Bình Phước Province. These include the Battle of Sông Bé in May 1965, the Battle of Đồng Xoài in June 1965, the Battle of Loc Ninh in April 1972, and the Battle of Phước Long from December 1974 to January 1975.

Geography

Bình Phước Province is relatively flat with elevations of between 50m and 200m throughout most of the provinces. Elevations are gradually higher towards the east of the province and reach around 500m near parts of the border to Đắk Nông Province of the Central Highlands. The highest elevation is Ba Ra mountain (736m) in the centre of the province. There are several hills around the province with heights of up to around 200m in the west and 300m in the southeast.