Cai Lậy, Đồng Tháp
ward in Dong Thap province, Vietnam
Cai Lậy is a ward in Đồng Tháp province, Vietnam. This is one of 102 communes and wards in the province.
Geography
Cai Lậy is a ward located in the eastern part of Đồng Tháp province, 30 km west of Mỹ Tho ward and about 70 km east of Cao Lãnh ward. The ward has the following geographical location:
To the east, it borders Nhị Quý ward
To the northwest, it borders Thanh Hòa.
To the south, it borders the Long Tiên commune.
To the north, it borders Mỹ Phước Tây ward.
History
Prior to 2025, the ward was part of Cai Lậy district-level town, Tiền Giang province.
On June 12, 2025, the National Assembly of Vietnam issued Resolution No. 202/2025/QH15 on the rearrangement of provincial-level administrative units. Accordingly, the entire natural area and population size of Tiền Giang province and Đồng Tháp province will be combined into a new province called Đồng Tháp province.
“Cai Lậy, Đồng Tháp” enters the record as ward in Dong Thap province, Vietnam. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Đồng, Tháp and ward can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Cai Lậy, Đồng Tháp” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Đồng, Tháp and ward provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q135932768. Authority coordinates are 10.407, 106.128. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2025.
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