1. Which is the largest provincial city in the West?

  • Long Xuyen
  • Cao Lanh
  • Rach Gia
  • Tan An
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A provincial capital is the administrative center of a province, where the headquarters of the State administrative agencies of that province are located. Each province has a provincial capital located in a town or city.

The largest provincial capital in the West is Long Xuyen with a natural area of ​​about 115km2, located about 185km southwest of Ho Chi Minh City. This city has a strategic location, being the intersection of many important traffic routes in the Southwest. In particular, the city is located on the corridor connecting international border gates between Vietnam and Cambodia.

2. Which province is this locality in?

  • Kien Giang
  • An Giang
  • Dong Thap
  • Long An
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Long Xuyen City belongs to An Giang Province, located on the banks of Hau River, bordering Lo Vo District, Dong Thap Province to the east, Chau Thanh District and Thoai Son District to the west. Bordering Thot Not District of Can Tho City to the south, and Cho Moi District to the north. Currently, Long Xuyen has 13 administrative units at commune level, including 11 wards and 2 communes.

3. In which year was Long Xuyen recognized as a class I urban area?

  • 2000
  • 2005
  • 2010
  • 2020
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Long Xuyen is the political, economic, cultural, scientific and social center of An Giang province, and also holds an important position in the urban system of the Mekong Delta region.

This city was recognized as a type III urban area in 1999, a type II urban area in 2009 and a type I urban area in 2020. Currently, the local economy is mainly trade and services (accounting for 81.5% of the economic structure), in which rice trading and seafood processing (basa fish) are prominent.

4. Besides Long Xuyen, what other cities are there in An Giang province?

  • Tan Chau
  • Tinh Bien
  • Chau Doc
  • Phu Tan
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An Giang province has 11 district-level administrative units, including 2 cities Long Xuyen and Chau Doc, 2 towns Tan Chau and Tinh Bien and 7 districts An Phu, Chau Phu, Chau Thanh, Cho Moi, Phu Tan, Thoai Son, Tri Ton.

Similar to Long Xuyen, Chau Doc city is also located on the banks of the Hau River but closer to the upstream and close to the Vietnam-Cambodia border. Chau Doc city is currently a class II urban area.

5. Which provinces and cities does the Long Xuyen Quadrangle belong to?

  • Kien Giang – An Giang – Can Tho
  • Ca Mau – An Giang – Can Tho
  • Kien Giang – Ca Mau – An Giang
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The Long Xuyen Quadrangle is a quadrangle in the Mekong Delta, located in Kien Giang, An Giang and Can Tho City. The four sides of this quadrangle are the Vietnam-Cambodia border, the Gulf of Thailand, the Cai San Canal and the Hau River. The four vertices of the quadrangle correspond to the four cities of Chau Doc, Long Xuyen, Rach Gia and Ha Tien.