The Thu Bồn River ( vi, Sông Thu Bồn) is a river in central Vietnam, located in
Quảng Nam Province.
From its source near the border of Quảng Nam and
Quảng Ngãi
Quảng Ngãi () is a city in central Vietnam. It serves as the capital city of Quảng Ngãi Province. Quảng Ngãi City borders Tư Nghĩa District to the south and west, Sơn Tịnh District to the northwest and Bình Sơn District to the ...
provinces, it flows northwest through
Bắc Trà My,
Phú Ninh,
Hiệp Đức and
Quế Sơn districts; turning northeast, it forms the border between
Đại Lộc district and
Duy Xuyên district, before emptying into the
South China Sea
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at
Hội An
Hội An (), formerly known as Fai-Fo or Faifoo, is a city with a population of approximately 120,000 in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province and is noted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cu Lao Cham archipelago, it is part ...
.
The Thu Bồn valley was a centre of Champa culture from 700 until the Vietnamese conquest in 1471. Cua Dai Chiem was the Champa port on the estuary of the river at Hội An. Today boat trips up river to
Mỹ Sơn
Mỹ Sơn () is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples in central Vietnam, constructed between the 4th and the 14th century by the Kings of Champa, an Indianized kingdom of the Cham people. The temples are dedicated to the wor ...
are one of Hội An's tourist attractions.
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''The Cities Book: A Journey Through the Best Cities in the World'' p182-183 Hội An
References
Rivers of Quảng Nam province
Rivers of Vietnam
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