Nghệ An Province
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Nghệ An Province Tỉnh Nghệ An |
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| Province | |
 Location of Nghệ An within Vietnam |
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| Coordinates: 19°20′N 104°50′E / 19.333°N 104.833°ECoordinates: 19°20′N 104°50′E / 19.333°N 104.833°E | |
| Country |
 Vietnam
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| Region | North Central Coast |
| Capital | Vinh |
| Government | |
| • People's Council Chair | Trần Hồng Châu |
| • People's Committee Chair | Nguyen Duc Vinh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,490.0 km2 (6,366.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 3,037,400 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Khơ Mú, Thai, Thổ, H'Mông |
| Time zone | ICT (UTC+7) |
| Area codes | 238 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-22 |
| Website | www |
Nghệ An (Vietnamese: [ŋêˀ ʔaːn]) is a province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is Vietnam's largest province by area. See Vinh more details.
Nghệ An () and Thanh Hoá were the base of "Thanh-Nghệ" (from the name of the two provinces) former Lê Dynasty loyalist opposition to the new Mạc dynasty in the 1530s.
Nghệ An is subdivided into 21 district-level sub-divisions:
They are further subdivided into 17 commune-level towns (or townlets), 431 communes, and 32 wards.
There are six universities in Nghệ An, both of them are in Vinh city which is the capital of Nghệ An province. The biggest one is Vinh University.
Nghệ An is the home province of Phan Bội Châu and Ho Chi Minh.
In addition to the majority Vietnamese people, some Ơ Đu people also live here.
The province's name derives from Sino-Vietnamese , meaning "governance in peace."
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