Chợ Mới district, An Giang province explained

Chợ Mới district
Settlement Type:District
Native Name:Huyện Chợ Mới
Mapsize:240px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:An Giang
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Chợ Mới
Established Date:1939
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:307,981
Timezone:Indochina Time
Utc Offset:+07:00

Chợ Mới is a rural district (huyện) of An Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Chợ Mới is the district with the largest population in An Giang province. As of 2019, the district had a population of 307,981.[1] [2] The district covers 355 km². The district's capital lies at Chợ Mới.[2]

In addition to the district capital Chợ Mới, there are two other urban subdivisions, Mỹ Luông Town and Hội An Town. The rural communes are: Kiến An, Kiến Thành, Mỹ Hội Đông, Nhơn Mỹ, Long Giang, Long Điền A, Long Điền B, Tân Mỹ, Mỹ Hiệp, Bình Phước Xuân, Long Kiến, An Thạch Trung, Hòa Bình and Hoà An. The district is heavily criss-crossed by waterways in the delta, causing the district to consist of small islands. Hòa Hảo, Cao Đài, Protestantism and Roman Catholicism are the main religions.[3]

References

10.55°N 129°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chợ Mới (District, An Giang, Vietnam) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-07 . www.citypopulation.de.
  2. Web site: Districts of Vietnam. Statoids. 13 March 2009.
  3. Sergei A. Blagov Caodaism: Vietnamese Traditionalism and Its Leap Into Modernity 2001 Page 67 "In 1928 Lẻ Van Trung persuaded Nguyễn Van Ca, a district chief of Chợ Mới, to join the new religion. Good luck charmsr̉ religious pictures and prayer books were sold. Nguyễn Van Ca helped and more than 3,000 Conversions were made, ..."