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Tri Tôn district Huyện Tri Tôn | |
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![]() Location inAn Giang province | |
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Province | An Giang |
Capital | Tri Tôn |
Area | |
• District | 231 sq mi (598 km2) |
Population (2019 census) | |
• District | 117,431 |
• Density | 510/sq mi (200/km2) |
• Urban | 27,485 |
Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
Tri Tôn is arural district (huyện) ofAn Giang province in theMekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2019 the district had a population of 117,431.[1][2] The district covers an area of 598 square kilometres (231 square miles). The district capital lies at Tri Tôn and is 44 kilometres (27 miles) away fromChâu Đốc.[2] There is a sacred mountain system named afterSeven Mountains here whereBửu Sơn Kỳ Hương tradition monks live.
It is the largest and most sparsely populated of the districts in An Giang, being quite mountainous.
It was thelocation of theBa Chúc massacre committed by theKhmer Rouge in 1978, which was part of a series of cross-border incursions skirmishes that prompted aVietnamese invasion of Cambodia.
The district is divided into two townships:Tri Tôn (the district capital) andBa Chúc, and the communes ofChâu Lăng,Lương Phi,Vĩnh Phước,Lương An Trà,Lạc Quới,Vĩnh Gia,Núi Tô,An Tức,Ô Lâm,Cô Tô,Tà Đảnh andTân Tuyến.
10°25′01″N105°00′00″E / 10.417°N 105.000°E /10.417; 105.000
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