Nghệ An province
Nghệ An | |
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Beach of Cửa Lò • Hồ Chí Minh Town square • Monument workers, farmers, soldiers • Quang Trung Temple • Lenin Avenue in Vinh City • Sun rise at Cửa Lò • Mai Hắc Đế Temple • A street in Vinh by night • Department of Defense in Vinh • University Vinh • Vinh City Town square • Nguyễn Xí Temple | |
Location of Nghệ An within Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 19°20′N 104°50′E / 19.333°N 104.833°E | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Region | North Central Coast |
| Capital | Vinh |
| Government | |
| • People's Council Chair | Thái Thanh Quý |
| • People's Committee Chair | Nguyễn Đức Trung |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,486.49 km2 (6,365.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 4,477,700 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Khơ Mú, Thai, Thổ, Mường, H'Mông |
| GDP | |
| • Total | VND 115.676 trillion US$ 5.024 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Area codes | 238 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-22 |
| HDI (2020) | 0.711 (30th) |
| Website | www |
Nghệ An is a coastal province near the northernmost part of the North Central Coast region, Central Vietnam. It borders Thanh Hóa to the north, Hà Tĩnh to the south, Xiangkhouang, Bolikhamsai and Houaphan of Laos to the west, and the South China Sea (Gulf of Tonkin) to the east.
Nghệ An is Vietnam's largest province by area. It is located on the east–west economic corridor connecting Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam along National Route 7 to the port of Cửa Lò.
Nghệ An has one city, three towns and 17 districts. Vinh is the capital of Nghệ An and the economic and cultural center of the province and of the whole North Central Coast. It was the homeland of Ho Chi Minh, the first president of Vietnam.