An overview of An Giang province

An Giang is a province with unique characteristics, both having plains, mountain forests, mineral resources, and historical sites bearing the mark of an ancient wet rice culture, especially the gateway trade between provinces in the Mekong Delta region (Mekong Delta) with mainland ASEAN countries, with a border of nearly 100 km with 5 border gates allowed to clear goods, including: 2 international border gates, 2 gates national border gate and 1 secondary border gate. In addition, An Giang also has abundant surface water sources, which are convenient for rice production and aquaculture.

NATURAL CONDITION
Geographical location: An Giang province is located in the Mekong Delta region, located between Tien and Hau rivers, and is the economic and commercial center between 3 big cities: Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Phnompenh, a long-standing trade gateway between the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh with countries in the Mekong sub-region; the East and Northeast borders on Dong Thap Province, the Northwest borders on the Kingdom of Cambodia with a border of nearly 100 km with 4 international and national border gates, the South and Southwest borders on Kien Giang Province, the South East borders on Can Province. Poem.
Area: 3,536km²
Climate: An Giang is located in the tropical monsoon climate region with two distinct seasons (rainy season from May to November, dry season from December to April next year); The annual average temperature is about 27 ° C; the average annual rainfall is about 1,130mm, some years up to 1,700 - 1,800mm; The average humidity is 80% - 85% and there is a fluctuation according to the seasonal rain regime. The basic climate is favorable for agricultural development.
Terrain: There are 2 main types of terrain in An Giang: plain and mountainous. The delta here is created by alluvial sediments, including: fairly flat alluvial plains, small inclines, relatively low elevations, and mountain plains with multiple terraces at other heights. together.

Administrative organization: An Giang province has 11 affiliated administrative units including: 1 city (Long Xuyen), 2 towns (Chau Doc and Tan Chau) and 8 districts: Cho Moi, Phu Tan, Chau Thanh, Chau Phu, Thoai Son, Tri Ton, Tinh Bien and An Phu, with 156 units of communes, wards and towns.
Population: 2,155,000 (as of 2014)

NATURAL RESOURCES
Land resources:
An Giang has 37 different soil types, forming 6 main soil groups, mainly alluvial soils on 151,600 ha (accounting for 44.5% of natural land) which are very suitable for crops; alluvial soil group has more than 93,800 hectares of alum (accounting for 27.5% of natural land); the group of on-site and ancient alluvial soil is nearly 24,724 ha (accounting for 7.3% of the natural land area), the remaining is alum and other groups.
Forest resources:
An Giang has over 583ha of natural forests belonging to the type of tropical moist forest, most of which are broad crown trees, with 154 rare and precious species belonging to 54 families, in addition there are 3,800 ha of Melaleuca forest. After a period of shrinking forest area, in recent years the province has paid much attention to re-creating forest capital. An Giang forest animals are also quite rich and there are some rare and precious species.
Aquatic resources:
An Giang has 2 large rivers running through the Tien and Hau Rivers of the Mekong River system with not small fisheries resources, along with the system of canals, ponds, lakes which are favorable conditions for career development. rearing fish in cages and ponds, raising aquatic products on foot of fields.
Natural resources:
Compared to other provinces in the Mekong Delta region, An Giang has quite abundant mineral resources such as granite, sandstone, clay bricks and tiles, kaolin, peat, seashells, besides puzolan, feldspar, bentonite, sand, gravel ...
Mineral resources are advantages of the province compared to other provinces in the Mekong Delta region, especially stone, sand, clay ... as raw materials for the production of construction materials, meeting the needs of the region. However, during the current exploitation process, the province also considers the balance in exploitation with ecological and environmental protection.

 Tourism potential:
An Giang is a province with specific characteristics, both plain, mountainous forests, mineral resources, and historical sites bearing the mark of an ancient wet rice culture. Therefore, An Giang is considered as a land with rich potentials for tourism, especially ecotourism, relaxation, sightseeing and pilgrimage tourism.
Currently, tourism development is a key economic sector of An Giang, so the province is focusing on investing and exploiting to quickly develop historical and cultural relics such as: Sam mountain (Chau town Doc); Cam mountain (Tinh Bien district), Tuc Dup hill (Tri Ton district), Oc Eo culture (Thoai Son district) and Uncle Ton souvenir area. In addition, the province also has other tourist destinations such as So So So lake tourist site, Nui To tourism area (Tri Ton), Nui Giai tourist area, Tra Su cajuput forest eco-tourism area (Tinh Bien); along with festivals such as Dolta, Khmer bull racing takes place from August 29 to September 1 of the lunar calendar every year; Tet Chol Chnam Thmay of Khmer people; Ramadan festival of the Cham people takes place from September 1 to September 30 ...