of Phan Thiết. Another major lake is Biển Lạc in the northwest region of the province. As of 2007, 50% of the province (394,100 ha) is covered with forests, which is high compared to most other provinces of the South Central Coast region. Forests are mostly located in the province's mountainous regions in the northwest and northeast. Despite its large forested area, the province also has a lot of agricultural land. 284,200 ha were used for agriculture in 2007, which is the largest figure among all provinces of the central coast regions (both North Central and South Central). Bình Thuận is one of the aridest provinces in Vietnam. Much of the province receives less than 800 mm of rain per year. The months from November to April are particularly dry, with less than 200 mm of rain. It has reserves of arsenic in the northwestern mountains and titanium along its western coast. Demography Bình Thuận had a population of 1,170,700 people in 2007. The population grew by 1.35% per year on average between 2000 and 2007. Growth was particularly strong in urban areas at 4.42% per year on average. As a result, urbanisation increased from 30.4% in 2000 to 37.5% in 2007, making it one of the most urbanized provinces of the South Central Coast (second after Khánh Hòa province). Population density ranges from around 1000/km2 in Phan Thiết to less than 100/km2 in the districts of Bắc Bình, Hàm Tân, Hàm Thuận Nam and Tánh Linh. Apart from the majority Kinh, there are several ethnic minorities in the province. Some Cham communities are in the coastal regions of eastern Bình Thuận. Other minorities mainly inhabit the mountainous regions along the border with Lâm Đồng province. They include the Koho and Raglai. Administrative divisions Bình Thuận is subdivided into 10 district-level sub-divisions: 8 districts: Bắc Bình Đức Linh Hàm Thuận Bắc Hàm Thuận Nam Hàm Tân Phú Quý Tánh Linh Tuy Phong 1 district-level town: La Gi 1 provincial city: Phan Thiết (capital) They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townlets), 96 communes, and 19 wards. Cham villages Cham names for Cham villages in Bình Thuận province are as follows (Sakaya et al. 2014:757-758). Economy Bình Thuận had a GDP per capita of 11 million VND in 2007, which is the third highest in the South Central Coast after Đà Nẵng and Khánh Hòa province, and slightly higher