|
Tân Biên District
Tân Biên is a rural district of Tây Ninh province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 82,641. The district covers an area of 853 km². The district capital lies at Tân Biên. Aside from the Vietnamese majority, there are sizable minorities of ethnic Khmer and Cham people. The name of the district literally means New Border; the area was part of the Khmer Empire until the 17th and 18th century when the southwards expansion of Vietnam under the Nguyễn lords brought it under the control of the Vietnamese people. The district is bordered to the east by Tân Châu, to the west and north by Cambodia, to the north by Châu Thành and Tây Ninh city. Production of rubber and sugarcane are the main economic activities in the district. Forestry is also a growing industry in the district, as it is in the entire province. The area is impoverished and the GDP per capita is under 500USD. Currently there is a concerted drive to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huyện
Districts (huyện), also known as rural districts, are one of several types of second-tier administrative subdivisions of Vietnam, the other types being List of urban districts of Vietnam, urban districts (''quận''), Provincial city (Vietnam), provincial cities (), Municipal city (Vietnam), municipal city (), and District-level town (Vietnam), district-level towns (). The districts are subdivisions of the first-tier divisions, namely the provinces of Vietnam, provinces and municipalities of Vietnam, municipalities. Districts are subdivided into third-tier units, namely Commune-level town (Vietnam), townships and Commune (Vietnam), communes. History The districts existed since the 15th century. Prior to 1945 the ''huyện'' (chữ Hán: :wikt:縣, 縣) was also called district and earlier "sub-prefecture" of the prefectures, or phủ into which provinces were previously divided. The administrative reorganization by Minh Mạng in 1832 did not substantially affect the position of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COSVN
Central Office for South Vietnam (abbreviated COSVN ; vi, Văn phòng Trung ương Cục miền Nam), officially known as the Central Executive Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party from 1962 until its dissolution in 1976, was the American term for the North Vietnamese political and military headquarters inside South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was envisaged as being in overall command of the communist effort in the southern half of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), which included the efforts of both People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), the Viet Cong, and the People's Revolutionary Party. Some doubted its existence but in his memoirs the American commander in South Vietnam, General William Westmoreland, spoke of it as something whose existence and importance were not in doubt. According to PAVN Major General and later dissident Trần Độ, COSVN did, in fact exist and was responsible for organising and directing the Viet Cong and served as overall command. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lò Gò-Xa Mát National Park
Lò Gò-Xa Mát National Park () is a national park in the Southeast region of Vietnam, approximately from the city of Tây Ninh. It was established by upgrading the status of the former Lò Gò-Xa Mát Nature Reserve. After receiving national park status in 2002, the park was expanded in 2020 to cover an area of . It is the largest single forested area in Tây Ninh Province, and 177 species of birds and ten mammal species have been confirmed to live in the park boundaries. Biomes include broadleaf tropical forests, and seasonally flooded grasslands A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natural .... References External links Lò Gò-Xa Mát at Tay Ninh Tourism {{DEFAULTSORT:Lo Go-Xa Mat National Park National parks of Vietnam Geography of Tây Ninh province Prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tua Hai
{{dab, geo, surname, given name ...
Tua may refer to: * Tua River, a river in Portugal * Tua (Papua New Guinea), a river in Papua New Guinea * Tuʻa, also known as Alo, a chiefdom in Wallis and Futuna in Oceania * Tua line, a railway line in Portugal * Tua railway station, in Portugal * David Tua (born 1972), Samoan-New Zealand boxer * Tua Forsström (born 1947), Finnish Swedish-language writer * Tua Tagovailoa (born 1998), American football quarterback * "Tua", the Māori language version of the song Bigger by Stan Walker See also * Toua, a given name and surname * Tuatua, a species of edible clam * TUA (other) * Twa, hunting castes in Africa * Tuva (other) Tuva may refer to: Geographical locations Political entities * Republic of Tuva, a federal subject of Russia * Tuvan People's Republic (People's Republic of Tannu Tuva, 1921–1944) * Tuvan Autonomous Oblast (1944-1961) * Tuvan Autonomous Soviet So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tây Ninh
Tây Ninh () is a provincial city in south-eastern Vietnam. It is the capital of Tây Ninh Province, which encompasses the town and much of the surrounding farmland. Tây Ninh is approximately to the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest city. As of 2019, the city had a population of 135,254 over the provincial population of 1,169,165, and a total area of . Tourist attractions The city is known for being the home of the Cao Đài religion, a syncretic Vietnamese faith that includes the teachings of the major world religions. The Cao Đài religion's Holy See, built between 1933 and 1955, is located around to the east of Tây Ninh's city centre. Besides the Cao Đài Holy See, other tourist attractions include: * Black Virgin Mountain, the tallest mountain in southern Vietnam * Dầu Tiếng Lake, one of the largest man-made lakes in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. * Lò Gò Xa Mát National Park * Chùa Thiền Lâm or Gò Kén pagoda * Chàng Riệc forest Notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châu Thành, Tây Ninh
Châu Thành is a township () and capital of Châu Thành District, Tây Ninh Province, Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i .... References Populated places in Tây Ninh province District capitals in Vietnam[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tân Châu District
Tan or TAN may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to English or British people in general, especially disparagingly. * TAN Books, a Catholic publishing company * FC Rubin-TAN Kazan, a Russian professional ice hockey club in Kazan in 1991-94 * Transportes Aereos Nacionales, an airline based in Honduras known as TAN Airlines People * Tan (surname) (譚), a Chinese surname * Chen (surname) (陳), a Chinese surname, pronounced "Tan" in Min Nan languages * Laozi, posthumous name "Tan" or "Dān" (聃), philosopher of ancient China * Leborgne, nicknamed Tan, a patient of Paul Broca's, on whose autopsy he identified Broca's area * TAN (musician) (born 1990), Malaysian pop singer * Tan Sağtürk (born 1969), Turkish ballet Places China * Tan (state), an ancient viscountcy in eastern Shandong Province, China * Tai'an railway stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Lords
Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this surname.Lê Trung Hoa, ''Họ và tên người Việt Nam'', NXB Khoa học - Xã hội, 2005 Origin and usage "Nguyễn" is the spelling of the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the Han character 阮 (, ). The same Han character is often romanized as ''Ruǎn'' in Mandarin, ''Yuen'' in Cantonese, ''Gnieuh'' or ''Nyoe¹'' in Wu Chinese, or ''Nguang'' in Hokchew. . Hanja reading (Korean) is 완 (''Wan'') or 원 (''Won'') and in Hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ..., it is げん (''Gen''), old reading as け゚ん (Ngen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cham People
The Cham (Cham: ''Čaṃ'') or Champa people (Cham: , ''Urang Campa''; vi, Người Chăm or ; km, ជនជាតិចាម, ) are an Austronesian ethnic group. From the 2nd century to 1832 the Cham populated Champa, a contiguous territory of independent principalities in central and southern Vietnam. They spoke the Cham language and the Tsat language (the former is still spoken by the Cham, and the latter is spoken by their Utsul descendants, on China’s Hainan Island), two Chamic languages from the Malayo-Polynesian group of the Austronesian family. Chams and Malays are the only sizable Austronesian peoples that settled in Iron Age mainland Southeast Asia among the more ancient Austroasiatic inhabitants. History For a long time, researchers believed that the Chams had arrived by sea in the first millennium BC from Sumatra, Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, eventually settling in central modern Vietnam. The original Cham are therefore the likely heirs of Austro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Vietnam
The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam. These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, Northwest Vietnam, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong River Delta. These regions are not always used, and alternative classifications are possible. Other classifications used can be: Northern, Central, Southern, and Mekong. List of regions and subregions ǂ Municipality Table of provinces per region {, border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 100%;" !Name !Capital !Population !Area(km2) , ---bgcolor=#CCCCCC , colspan=4, Northern Vietnam (Bắc Bộ Việt Nam) , ---bgcolor=#DDDDDD , colspan=4, ''Northeast Vietnam (Đông Bắc Việt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
