Chợ Mới

Urban municipality and town in An Giang Province, Vietnam
10°33′N 105°24′E / 10.550°N 105.400°E / 10.550; 105.400Country VietnamProvinceAn Giang ProvinceDistrictChợ Mới DistrictArea
 • Total1.19 sq mi (3.07 km2)Population
 (1999)
 • Total12,898 • Density10,880/sq mi (4,201/km2)Time zoneUTC+07:00ClimateAw

Chợ Mới is a township and capital of Chợ Mới District, An Giang Province, Vietnam.

It is known as "the Mecca" of the Hòa Hảo sect, a new religious movement of Vietnam.[1]

References

  1. ^ Thi Lâm, Quang (2001). The Twenty-five Year Century: A South Vietnamese General Remembers the Indochina War to the Fall of Saigon. University of North Texas Press. p. 87. ISBN 1574411438.
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Châu ĐốcTân ChâuAn Phú DistrictChâu Phú DistrictChâu Thành DistrictChợ Mới DistrictPhú Tân DistrictThoại Sơn DistrictTịnh Biên DistrictTri Tôn District


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