Châu Đốc

Châu Đốc is a former border city of An Giang Province, Vietnam, and the English article now describes it as a ward of that province. According to the Vietnamese Wikipedia article, it lies on the bank of the Hậu River, about 210 kilometres southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, 115 kilometres northwest of Cần Thơ, 55 kilometres northwest of Long Xuyên and 149 kilometres southeast of Phnom Penh. It bordered An Phú district and Cambodia to the north, Phú Tân district and Tân Châu town to the east, Châu Phú district to the south, Cambodia to the west and Tịnh Biên town to the southwest. Châu Đốc was the provincial seat of Châu Đốc province under the French before 1956 and again from 1964 to 1975, and under the independent Nguyễn dynasty it was the seat of the whole of An Giang province. The land was Chenla territory called Tầm Phong Long, ceded in 1757 by the Cambodian king to the Nguyễn lords, who founded the Châu Đốc đạo together with Tân Châu and Đông Khẩu at Sa Đéc.