1. Geographical position

Tam An commune is located 7 km west of Long Thanh district's administrative center (its east and south border An Phuoc commune, its west borders District 9 of Ho Chi Minh City, and its north borders Tam Phuoc commune), with the natural area of ​​2,597 ha.

2. The area of ​​natural land

The commune’s total natural area covers 2,584.66 ha, of which agricultural land spans 167.69 ha, accounting for 6.49 percent.

Land for perennials covers 151.86 ha, accounting for 90.56 percent of the of agricultural land structure, mainly used to plant trees such as rambutan, durian, jackfruit, mangosteen and apricot flower.

Land for annuals covers 15.83 ha, accounting for 9.44 percent of agricultural land structure, mainly for growing rice harvests of Winter-Spring and Summer-Autumn with an average yield of 5.5 tons per ha.

   

3. Topography

The topography of the commune is flat.

4. Climate

The commune is located in a tropical climate zone due to little influence of monsoons, so the tropical climate is quite moderate and hot all year round and divided into 2 distinct seasons (the dry and rainy seasons). The average temperatures range from 21 0C to 27 0C.

The number of sunshine hours is from 1,400 to 3,000 hours per year. The average annual rainfall ranges from 1,500 to 2,000 mm. The air humidity is above 80 percent.

5. Culture and history

Tam An commune, during the resistance war period was one of the key strategic positions of the revolution of Long Thanh district. The army and people of Tam An always has a loyalty to the revolution, determined to save the country and was the first to be awarded with the title Hero in Long Thanh district in 1978, with the aim of promoting internal strength for comprehensive economic development, implementing the economic structure of industry - services - agriculture, exploiting all local potential and resources, building the new countryside, creating jobs, improving the quality of profession in culture, health and education; effectively implementing social policies, improving people's material and spiritual life, maintaining national defense and security, reinforcing the State organization, strengthening the unity bloc of people of all walks of life, performing mass mobilization and executing grassroots democracy regulations. For years under the leadership of the Party Committee, the solidarity and determination of the entire political system and the active support from leaders, the entire people’s enthusiastic support, the commune’s socioeconomic development have been significantly progressed.

6. Population

The commune has 2920 households, including 11,200 people living in 6 hamlets, with 88 groups of people.

Ethnicity: 99.95 percent are Vietnamese while the rest are Khmer, Chinese people.

Religion: 99 percent of the population follows ancestral worship tradition.