Chau Thanh, Tay Ninh
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Chau Thanh, Tay Ninh is a district (huyện)
in the west of Tay Ninh Province in the Southeastern
region of Vietnam
.
The eastern side of the province borders Hòa Thành District and Tay Ninh City. The west borders Cambodia
, the north abuts Tan Bien
and the south adjoins Ben Cau
.
The Vàm Cỏ Đông River
flows through the district. There is only one national highway passing through the edge of the district, which has the worst transport infrastructure of the province. National Road 22B runs through the commune of Đồng Khởi.
There is a sizable minority of Khmer people
living in the area, and they now interact with the ethnic Vietnamese majority more than in the past, when communities were more segregated. The Khmers are mostly farmers who live on the western edge of the district near the Cambodian border.
There is a large number of predominantly Catholic refugees from northern Vietnam who moved south in Operation PAsasge to Freedom in 1954–55 after the partition of Vietnam
. They are mostly concentrated in the commune of Thái Bình—whole villages were often transplanted en masse into the south.
There is a lot of unexploited farming plains in the area, more so than in the rest of the province, due to a lack of irrigation infrastructure.
Apart from the district seat itself, the district comprises the following communes.
Districts of Vietnam
||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....
in the west of Tay Ninh Province in the Southeastern
Dong Nam Bo
Đông Nam Bộ is a region in Vietnam. This region includes one municipality, Ho Chi Minh City; and five provinces: Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Binh Phuoc and Tay Ninh. This region is the most economically developed region in Vietnam...
region of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
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The eastern side of the province borders Hòa Thành District and Tay Ninh City. The west borders Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, the north abuts Tan Bien
Tan Bien
Tan Bien is a district of Tay Ninh Province in the Southeastern region of Vietnam.As of 2003 the district had a population of 82,641. The district covers an area of 853 km². The district capital lies at Tan Bien...
and the south adjoins Ben Cau
Ben Cau
Ben Cau is a district of Tay Ninh Province in the Southeastern region of Vietnam., the district had a population of 62,664. The district covers an area of 229 km². The district capital lies at Ben Cau.-References:...
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The Vàm Cỏ Đông River
Vàm Cỏ Đông River
The Vàm Cỏ Đông River is a river of Vietnam. It flows through Tay Ninh Province and is 220 kilometres long.It is part of the Dong Nai River system....
flows through the district. There is only one national highway passing through the edge of the district, which has the worst transport infrastructure of the province. National Road 22B runs through the commune of Đồng Khởi.
There is a sizable minority of Khmer people
Khmer people
Khmer people are the predominant ethnic group in Cambodia, accounting for approximately 90% of the 14.8 million people in the country. They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Mon–Khmer language family found throughout Southeast Asia...
living in the area, and they now interact with the ethnic Vietnamese majority more than in the past, when communities were more segregated. The Khmers are mostly farmers who live on the western edge of the district near the Cambodian border.
There is a large number of predominantly Catholic refugees from northern Vietnam who moved south in Operation PAsasge to Freedom in 1954–55 after the partition of Vietnam
Partition of Vietnam
The Partition of Vietnam was the establishment of the 17th parallel as the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone in 1954, splitting Vietnam into halves after the First Indochina War.The Geneva Conference was held at the conclusion of the First Indochina War...
. They are mostly concentrated in the commune of Thái Bình—whole villages were often transplanted en masse into the south.
There is a lot of unexploited farming plains in the area, more so than in the rest of the province, due to a lack of irrigation infrastructure.
Apart from the district seat itself, the district comprises the following communes.
- Phước Vinh
- Hảo Đước
- Đồng Khởi
- Biên Giới
- Hòa Thạnh
- Hòa Hội
- Trí Bình
- Thái Bình
- Thành Long
- Ninh Điền
- Thanh Điền
- Long Vĩnh
- An Cơ
- An Bình