Đập Đá is a ward (phường) in
south central Vietnam
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. It is located in
An Nhon Town in
Bình Định Province
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Geography and Infrastructure
Đập Đá is located in Binh Dinh’s main lowland plain in the south of the province. Đập Đá River, part of the
Côn River delta, flows through the town.
Đập Đá is located along
National Road 1, Vietnam’s most important road. It is also not far from National Road 19 (7 km to the south), which connects to the ports of
Quy Nhon
Quy Nhon ( vi, Quy Nhơn ) is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of . Quy Nhon is the capital of Bình Định province. As of 2019 its population was 457,400. H ...
(23 km to the south-east), and the
Central Highlands in the west.
[Vietnam Road Atlas (Tập Bản đồ Giao thông Đường bộ Việt Nam). Cartographic Publishing House (Vietnam), 2004]
Phu Cat Airport
Phu Cat Airport ( vi, Sân bay Phù Cát) is the airport serving Qui Nhơn, Vietnam. It is in Phù Cát District between the towns of Ngo May and Đập Đá, around northwest of Qui Nhơn within Bình Định Province along the South Centra ...
is within 10 km to the north of the town.
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History and Heritage Sites
Đập Đá shares a location with the former city-state of Vijaya
Vijaya may refer to:
Places
* Vijaya (Champa), a city-state and former capital of the historic Champa in what is now Vietnam
* Vijayawada, a city in Andhra Pradesh, India
People
* Prince Vijaya of Sri Lanka (fl. 543–505 BC), earliest recorde ...
of Champa. The ruins of the citadel are just around 3 km from the town centre.[ Vijaya was the capital of Champa until its defeat by the Vietnamese in 1471.
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References
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Populated places in Bình Định province