Chợ Mới

For other uses, see Chợ Mới (disambiguation).
Chợ Mới
Urban municipality and town
Chợ Mới is located in Vietnam
Chợ Mới
Chợ Mới
Location in Vietnam
Coordinates: 10°33′N 105°24′E / 10.550°N 105.400°E / 10.550; 105.400
Country Vietnam
ProvinceAn Giang Province
DistrictChợ Mới District
Area
 • Total
1.19 sq mi (3.07 km2)
Population
 (1999)
 • Total
12,898
 • Density10,880/sq mi (4,201/km2)
Time zoneUTC+07:00
ClimateAw

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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