Editing Chams (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Chamic_language.jpg|thumb|Distribution of [[Chamic languages]] in South East Asia.]] 
[[File:Chamic groups in Vietnam.png|thumb|Current distribution of Chams, [[Roglai language|Roglai]] and [[Chru language|Chru]] speakers in Vietnam.]]
Eastern Chams (also known as ''Panduranga Chams'' or ''Phan Rang Chams'') and their related ethnic groups, [[Raglai]] and [[Churu people|Churu]], are a major minority in [[Panduranga]] region in [[Bình Thuận Province|Bình Thuận]] and [[Ninh Thuan province|Ninh Thuận]] provinces of Vietnam. The Haroi Chams mainly populate in [[Đồng Xuân district]] of Phu Yen and [[Vân Canh district]] of Bình Định province. They are the core of the Hindu and Bani population.

The Western Cham population is concentrated between the in [[Cambodia]] and in [[Southern Vietnam]], mainly in [[Kampong Cham province]] and [[An Giang province]]. In [[Kampot province]], communities of Chvea of Malay origin also identify themselves as Cham. Chams also made significant presence in other southern Vietnamese provinces like [[Đồng Nai province|Đồng Nai]], [[Tây Ninh province|Tây Ninh]], [[Kiên Giang province|Kiên Giang]] as well as having a large minority presence in [[Ho Chi Minh City]]. This group represents the core of the [[Muslims|Muslim]] communities in both [[Cambodia]] and [[Vietnam]]. Including the [[diaspora]], their total is about 400,000. An additional 4,000 Chams live in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], whose ancestors migrated there during [[Rama I]]'s reign. Recent immigrants to Thailand are mainly students and workers, who preferably seek work and education in the southern Islamic [[Pattani Province|Pattani]], [[Narathiwat Province|Narathiwat]], [[Yala Province|Yala]] and [[Songkhla Province|Songkhla]] provinces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thailandsworld.com/en/thai-people/central-thailand-people/cham-people-thailand/index.cfm|title=Thailand's World : Cham People Thailand|publisher=Thailandsworld.com|access-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619093342/http://www.thailandsworld.com/en/thai-people/central-thailand-people/cham-people-thailand/index.cfm|archive-date=19 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=worldmap>{{cite web|url=http://worldmap.org/maps/other/profiles/cambodia/Cambodia%20Country%20Profile.pdf|title=MISSIONS ATLAS PROJECT SOUTHEAST ASIA CAMBODIA|publisher=Worldmap.org|access-date=25 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512134448/http://worldmap.org/maps/other/profiles/cambodia/Cambodia%20Country%20Profile.pdf|archive-date=12 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Phnompenhpost.com_January_26_2017c">{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cham-students-caught-thailands-troubled-south|title=Cham students caught up in Thailand's troubled south, National, Phnom Penh Post|newspaper=Phnompenhpost.com|access-date= 26 January 2017}}</ref>

After the fall of [[Saigon]] in Vietnam and [[Phnom Penh]] in Cambodia in 1975, 9,704 Cham refugees made their way to [[Malaysia]] and were allowed to stay, unlike 250,000 other refugees that fled to Malaysia. Most of the Cham refugees came from Cambodia and were Muslims, known as ''Melayu Kemboja'' and ''Melayu Champa'' in Malay. Many of these Cham refugees chose to settle in Malaysia, as they preferred to live in an Islamic country and had family ties in the Malaysian states of [[Kelantan]] and [[Terengganu]]. Kelantan served as a center of Islamic teachings for Chams in Cambodia for three to four centuries and many Cambodian Chams had relatives living there, subsequently many Chams chose to settle in Kelantan. By 1985, around 50,000 or more Chams were living in Malaysia. As of 2013, many have been integrated into Malaysian society.<ref name="wong2013">{{cite journal|last1=Wong|first1=Danny, Tze Ken|title=The Cham Arrivals in Malaysia: Distant Memories and Rekindled Links|journal=Archipel|year=2013|volume=85|pages=151–165|doi=10.3406/arch.2013.4389|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_2013_num_85_1_4389}}</ref>