Tân Thạnh district
rural district of Long An, Vietnam
Tân Thạnh was a rural district (huyện) of Long An province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 78,970. The district covers an area of 408 km2 (158 sq mi). The district capital lies at Tân Thạnh township.
On June 16, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15. The district was dissolved and new wards were rearranged from the district.
Divisions
The district is divided into one urban municipality and 12 communes:
Tân Thạnh township, Bắc Hòa, Hậu Thạnh Đông, Hậu Thạnh Tây, Kiến Bình, Nhơn Hòa, Nhơn Hòa Lập, Nhơn Ninh, Tân Bình, Tân Hòa, Tân Lập and Tân Ninh.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Tân Thạnh district” is rural district of Long An, Vietnam. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Thạnh, district and rural, not as a finished interpretation.
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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 Sep 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7682141. Authority coordinates are 10.604, 105.967. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2003, 2025 and 1685.
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