City
Long Xuyen
South-eastern Asia
Long Xuyen was the capital city of An Giang Province in the Mekong Delta of southwestern Vietnam. According to the 2022 census its population was 286,140 across 115.36 square kilometers, with an urban population of 239,588. The settlement grew from an outpost called Dong Xuyen established in 1789 along the Tam Khe canal, and a nearby marketplace that came to be known as Long Xuyen eventually eclipsed the original outpost; the citys administrative reach expanded from 1877 onward, and it gained official city status on 1 March 1999. By 2023 its metropolitan area had an estimated GDP, in purchasing-power terms, of about 3.1 billion dollars, with per capita GDP of roughly 9,200 dollars.
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Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Long Xuyen (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Long Xuyên (Vietnamese: [lāwŋm sʷīən] ), formally named Thủ Đông Xuyên, was the former capital city of An Giang province, in the Mekong Delta region of south-western Vietnam.
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 10.3736,105.4458
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (10.3736,105.4458); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountainQuote, SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (10.3736,105.4458); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountain
"elevation": 8.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 105.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 105.25
10.25 105.25 Am
4. GeoNames: Long Xuyên - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1575627, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1575627, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
10.38639 105.43518 P PPLA VN 91 883 286140 8 Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
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