An Giang province

An Giang
An Giang
Province
	From left to right, from top to bottom: Bà Chúa Xứ Temple of Sam Mountain, Maitreya Buddha statue sitting on Cấm Mountain in Tịnh Biên, Temple of late President Tôn Đức Thắng, Mausoleum of Thoại Ngọc Hầu, Tomb of Ba Chúc
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	Location of An Giang within Vietnam
	Coordinates: 10°30′N 105°10′E / 10.500°N 105.167°E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Mekong Delta
Capital of Province	Long Xuyên City
Government
• People's Council Chair	Lê Văn Nưng
• People's Committee Chair	Hồ Văn Mừng
Area
• Total	3,536.83 km2 (1,365.58 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	2,406,300
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnicities	Vietnamese, Khmer, Hoa, Chăm
GDP
• Total	VND 74.297 trillion; US$ 3.227 billion
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area codes	296
ISO 3166 code	VN-44
HDI (2020)	0.663; (55th)
Website	www.angiang.gov.vn

An Giang is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwestern part of the country.

Geography

An Giang occupies a position in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta. The Hậu Giang and Tiền Giang branches of the Mekong River are the dominant geographical features of the province. With the exception of the west, most of An Giang is fairly flat and is criss-crossed by many canals and small rivers. This terrain has led to An Giang being a significant agricultural center, producing significant quantities of rice.

The Cấm Mountains, also known as the Thất Sơn range or the "Seven Mountains", are located in the western Tịnh Biên District. Followers of the Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương tradition, founded in An Giang in 1849, refer to these mountains as Bửu Sơn, "Precious Mountains".

Administrative divisions

An Giang is subdivided into 11 district-level sub-divisions:

Districts:

An Phú: 3 towns and 11 rural communes
Châu Phú: 2 town and 11 rural communes
Châu Thành: 2 town and 11 rural communes
Chợ Mới: 3 towns and 15 rural communes
Phú Tân: 2 towns and 16 rural communes
Thoại Sơn: 3 towns and 14 rural communes
Tri Tôn: 3 towns and 12 rural communes

District-level town:

Tân Châu: 5 wards and 9 rural communes
Tịnh Biên: 7 wards and 7 rural communes

Provincial cities:

Châu Đốc: 5 wards and 2 rural communes
Long Xuyên: 11 wards and 2 rural communes (capital of province)

They are further subdivided into 18 commune-level towns (or townlets), 110 communes, and 28 wards (156 in total).

Demographics

An Giang first became a province in 1832, having been settled by the Vietnamese migrants moving southwards in search of new land. It is believed that An Giang was once an important center of the 1st millennium Óc Eo culture, presumably owing to its position on the river. Traditionally, An Giang has been known for its silk industry.

An Giang is home to a substantial number of people from Vietnam's ethnic minorities. Due to the province's proximity to Cambodia, the Khmer Krom are the largest non-Vietnamese group of the province. Other groups, such as the Chams and ethnic Chinese (Hoa), are also found in An Giang.

As of 2020, An Giang Province covers an area of 3,536.83 square kilometers with a population of 1,904,532 people, resulting in a population density of 539 people per square kilometer.^[5]

The province is home to 24,011 households of ethnic minorities, comprising 114,632 people, accounting for 5.17% of the total provincial population.^[6]