Phú Quý is a small island located about 100 km south-east of the city of

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. The island contains three communes, with a population of 20,698 people. The island is home to Phu Quy Lighthouse (Hải đăng Phú Quý) situated in the north-west of the island and an abandoned military bunker on the eastern coast. During the French protectorate, the official name of the island was Poulo-Cécir-de-Mer(sometimes written as Pulau Cecir de Mer).Pulo Cica de Terre or Poulo Cecir de Terre is another small island near the coast (cù lao Câu, hòn Cau, hòn Lao).

Geography

Phú Quý district comprises a total of ten islands, with Phú Quý Island being the largest. The island is 16.5 km² in area. The district is 100 km southeast of

, 150 km south of

Cam Ranh Cam Ranh () is a city in southern Khánh Hòa Province, in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. Geography It is the second-largest city in the province, after Nha Trang. It is located on Cam Ranh Bay. As of 2009 the city had a population ...

, 120 km east of

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, 333 km northeast of Côn Sơn and 540 km west of the

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. The highest point on the island is Mount Cam Dat, at 106 m. The north of the island is rocky, while the south consists mostly of sand.

Administration

Phú Quý island has three communes: * Ngũ Phụng: Phú An (1), Thương Châu (2), Quý Thạnh (3) * Tam Thanh: Mỹ Khê (4), Hội An (5), Triều Dương (6) * Long Hải: Phú Long (7), Đông Hải (8), Quý Hải (9), Tân Hải (10). Note: The numbers in parentheses () is the former village name.

Tourism

Phú Quý is calling for domestic and foreign investors to invest in the island ideally to develop infrastructure, especially airports and hotels to serve tourists.

Transportation

Transport routes connecting the mainland and Phú Quý island are limited. During calm seas, the journey by ferry can take up to six hours, limiting tourism. However, in mid-2010, the cooperative shipping company Fortune put into operation a mid-speed ferry, shortening travel time to Phú Quý island to approximately 2.5-3h. The mid-speed ferry was stopped in 2015 and after a year was replaced with a ferry that takes 4 hours running alongside the 6 hour ferry. In 2018 the mid-speed ferry was reinstated and now travel to the island takes 2.5 hours in favourable conditions.

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