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La Gi (pronounced:/la-yi/) is a District-level town (''thị xã'') of Bình Thuận 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 ...
. Under the Republic of Vietnam period, La Gi was the provincial capital of Bình Tuy province (present-day western Bình Thuận Province). After the
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, it became the capital of Hàm Tân District. It was established in 2005 with the split of La Gi away from Hàm Tân District. La Gi borders with Hàm Tân District in the north and west, Hàm Thuận Nam District in the east and the
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in the south. It is subdivided into 5 wards: Tân An, Phước Hội, Phước Lộc, Tân Thiện and Bình Tân, and 4 communes: Tân Phước, Tân Tiến, Tân Hải and Tân Bình. It is on the coastal road from Bình Châu via Lộc An beach to Phước Hải, Đất Đỏ.Vietnam Iain Stewart "A beautiful road winds along the coast between Bình Châu and Long Hải, passing the upandcoming beaches of Hồ Cốc,
Hồ Tràm Hồ Tràm is a small beach town located in Vietnam's Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in Xuyên Mộc District. It is situated about 125 kilometers southeast of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Ho Tram’s pristine, undeveloped beachfront sits at just 2 ...
and Lộc An, crossing through the towns of La Gi and Phước Hải, and eventually connecting Mũi Né"


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Districts of Bình Thuận province County-level towns in Vietnam {{BinhThuan-geo-stub