Cần Đước district
rural district of Long An, Vietnam
Cần Đước is a former rural district (huyện) of Long An province in the Mekong River Delta region of Vietnam. Cần Đước is located in the south of Long An. As of 2019 the district had a population of 187,359. The district covers an area of 218.20 km2. The district capital lies at Cần Đước.
Cần Đước is famous for its Nàng Thơm Chợ Đào Rice.
Divisions
The district is divided into the following communes:
Cần Đước, Long Hựu Đông, Long Hựu Tây, Phước Đông, Tân Chánh, Tân Ân, Tân Lân, Mỹ Lệ, Phước Tuy, Long Trạch, Long Hoà, Tân trạch, Long Sơn, Phước Vân, Long Định, Long Cang and Long Khê.
History
At the beginning, Cần Đước was a small village located in a peninsula created by the Mương Ông Quỳnh and Rach Ben Ba distributaries. In 1698, the present-day Cần Đước belonged to Phiên Trấn fort. In 1808, it belonged to the town of Phiên An.
The public source identifies “Cần Đước district” as rural district of Long An, Vietnam. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Đước, district and rural.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5029039. Authority coordinates are 10.542, 106.596. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2019, 1698 and 1808.
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