Châu Phú is a
rural district
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(''huyện'') of
An Giang province
An Giang is a Provinces of Vietnam, province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the country's southwestern part.
Geography
An Giang is located in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta. The Bassac River, Hậu Giang and Tiền R ...
in the
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( or simply ), also known as the Western Region () or South-western region (), is the list of regions of Vietnam, region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong, Mekong River River delta, approaches and empties into the sea th ...
region of Vietnam. As of 2019, the district had a population of 206,676.
The district covers an area of 426 km
2. The district capital lies at
Cái Dầu.
There are some festivals here, such as the "Bình Thủy temple worshiping" and the "Sir Tây An worshiping"
Châu Phú is located 20 km north of
Long Xuyên and 20 km south of
Châu Đốc, the main towns in the province.
The district comprises 12 communes and one ''thị trấn'': Khánh Hòa, Mỹ Đức, Mỹ Phú, Ô Long Vĩ, Vĩnh Thạnh Trung, Thạnh Mỹ Tây, Bình Long, Đào Hữu Cảnh, Bình Phú, Bình Chánh, Bình Mỹ and thị trấn Cái Dầu.
Most of the population follows the
Hòa Hảo
Hòa Hảo is a Vietnamese new religious movement. It is described either as a Syncretism, syncretistic Vietnamese folk religion, folk religion or as a sect of Buddhism. It was founded in French Cochinchina, Cochinchina in 1939 by Huỳnh Phú S ...
religious sect.
References
Districts of An Giang province
An Giang province
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