An Bien is a district (huyện)

Districts of Vietnam

||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 of Kien Giang Province

Kien Giang Province

Kiên Giang is a province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is known for fishing and rice farming. The provincial capital is Rạch Giá, 250 km from the Ho Chi Minh City...

 in the Mekong River Delta region of Vietnam

Vietnam

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As of 2003 the district had a population of 147,297. The district covers an area of 466 km². The district capital lies at Thu Ba.

Divisions

The district is divided into one urban municipality and communes:

An Biên Thứ Ba, Nam Thái A, Nam Thái, Tây Yên A, Tây Yên, Hưng Yên, Đông Yên, Nam Yên, Đông Thái.