Nghệ An province
Nghệ An | |
|---|---|
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 | |
|
Seal | |
Location of Nghệ An within Vietnam | |
Interactive map of Nghệ An | |
| 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 (2025) | |
• Total | 4,831,694 |
| • Density | 293.0699/km2 (759.0476/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 | nghean |
Nghệ An (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋêˀ ān] ⓘ) is a coastal province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It borders Thanh Hóa to the north, Hà Tĩnh to the south, Laos to the west, and the South China Sea (Gulf of Tonkin) to the east. Nghệ An 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 and Thanh Hoá were the bases of the Lê dynasty against the Mạc dynasty in the 1530s.