Phong Điền district, Thừa Thiên Huế
Phong Điền district
Huyện Phong Điền | |
|---|---|
Thừa Thiên Huế | |
| Capital | Phong Điền |
| Area | |
| • Total | 368 sq mi (954 km2) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 105,017 |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
Phong Điền is a
rural district of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 105,017.[1] The district covers an area of 954 km2. The district capital lies at Phong Điền.[1]
Geography
It borders Quảng Trị province and Hương Trà district. It has 15 communes, Điền Hương, Điền Môn, Phong Bình, Phong Chương, Điền Lộc, Phong Hoà, Điền Hoà, Phong Hải, Điền Hải, Phong Mỹ, Phong Thu, Phong Hiền, Phong An, Phong Xuân, Phong Sơn, and one township Phong Điền. It has a varied geography with mountains, plains and coastline on the South China Sea.
The district was the homeland of
Indochina, and Nguyễn Đình Chiểu
, the anti-colonial poet.
The district was created by Emperor Minh Mạng in 1834 as part of the then province of Thuận Hóa.
History
On March 11, 1977, the district was merged with those of
Hương Điền was redivided into the three original districts and put in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ Phong Điền trên Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
| Thanh Hóa province |  | |
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| Nghệ An province | ||
| Hà Tĩnh province | ||
| Quảng Bình province |
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| Quảng Trị province | ||
| Thừa Thiên Huế province |
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※ denotes provincial seat. | ||