Group
Cham people
The Cham people are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia.
They are concentrated between the Kampong Cham Province in Cambodia and central Vietnam's Phan Rang-Thap Cham, Phan Thiết, Ho Chi Minh City and An Giang areas.
Approximately 4,000 Chams also live in Thailand; many of whom have moved south to the Pattani, Narathiwat, Yala, and Songkhla Provinces for work.
Cham form the core of the Muslim communities in both Cambodia and Vietnam.
Cham are remnants of the Kingdom of Champa (seventh to 18th centuries).
They are closely related to other Austronesian peoples and speak Cham, a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family (Aceh–Chamic subgroup).
This is in contrast to most of the neighboring peoples who speak Austroasiatic languages.
Member Cities
- Angkor Cambodia Location
- Banda Aceh (Kuturaja) Atjeh Indonesia Location
- Cao Bang Cao Bang Vietnam Location
- Duong Dông Kien Giang Vietnam Location
- Hanoi Hanoi Thành Pho Vietnam Location
- Hariharalaya Siemreab-Otdar Meanchey Cambodia Location
- Hoi An Quang Nam Vietnam Location
- Hue Thua Thién Vietnam Location
- Hung Yên Hung Yên Vietnam Location
- Indrapura > Dà Nang Da Nang Vietnam Location
- Kediri > Daha Jawa Timur Indonesia Location
- Louangphrabang Luang Prabang Laos Location
- Luang Prabang > Louangphrabang Luang Prabang Laos Location
- Nanning Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (Kwangsi Chu) China Location
- Oudong Phnum Penh Cambodia Location
- Phan Rang > Panduranga Ninh Thuan Vietnam Location
- Phnom Penh > Phnum Pènh Phnum Penh Cambodia Location
- Qui Nhon Bình Dinh Vietnam Location
- Saigon > Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh Ho Chí Minh Thành Pho Vietnam Location
- Simhapura > Ta Kieu Quang Nam Vietnam Location
- Sukhothai Sukhothai Thailand Location
- Tam Ky Quang Nam Vietnam Location
- Tourane > Dà Nang Da Nang Vietnam Location
- Trowulan Jawa Timur Indonesia Location
- Vientiane > Viangchan Viangchan City Laos Location
- Vijaya > Qui Nhon Bình Dinh Vietnam Location
- Vinh Nghe An Vietnam Location