Xuân Trường is a
rural district of
Nam Định province
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in the
Red River Delta
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region of
Vietnam
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. As of 2003 the district had a population of 179,765.
The district covers an area of 113 km
2. The district capital lies at
Xuân Trường town.
Administration
Xuân Trường town is the capital of the district and controls 19
communes
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:
#Xuân Thượng
#Xuân Ngọc
#Xuân Kiên
#Xuân Tiến
#Xuân Ninh
#Xuân Vinh
#Xuân Trung
#Xuân Phương
#Thọ Nghiệp
#Xuân Đài
#Xuân Bắc
#Xuân Thuỷ
#Xuân Phú
#Xuân Hồng
#Xuân Tân
#Xuân Phong
#Xuân Thành
#Xuân Hoà
#Xuân Châu
History
The time of the
Lê dynasty, Xuân Trường District belonged to
Thien Truong court. During the
Nguyễn dynasty Tran Son Nam belonged to the Xuân Trường court. In 1945 the district was changed to Xuân Trường and belonged to
Nam Ha province in 1965. In 1967 the district merged with
Giao Thủy into
Xuân Thuỷ district. The district re-established its old name in March 1997.
Characteristics
Xuân Trường is a major
rice
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growing province and Xuân Đài rice - rice is still cultivated on every year. The district has many traditional villages that produce crafts, including:
* Xuân Tiến - village of mechanics
* Xuân Hồng - village of
mulberry planting,
silkworm raising and pulling
cocoons
* Xuân Phương -
embroidery
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village
* Xuân Ninh - village of
wine cooking
* Xuân Kiên - village of
rice paper
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Xuân Trường is also a land of culture and history which was home to notable
revolutionaries
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...
, including:
*
General Secretary Trường Chinh
Trường Chinh (, born Đặng Xuân Khu; 9 February 1907, Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province – 30 September 1988, Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. He was one of the key figures of Vietnamese poli ...
*
Deputy President of Congress, Dang Quan Thuy
* Nguyen Dang Kinh, hero of the Pham Gia Trieu armed forces
Catholicism
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is spreading throughout Xuân Trường, a process that includes the establishment of numerous churches.
Tourist areas
* Memorial house of former General Secretary Trường Chinh
* Keo Hành Thiện
Pagoda
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* Xuân Hồng cultural village/
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
* Bùi Chu
Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
(Xuân Ngọc commune)
* Phu Chew (Xuân Phương) church
Temple areas
* Kiên Lao
temple
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s (Xuân Kiên)
* Tho (Xuân Phong)
* Temple Spring Group (Xuan Hung)
* Xuân (Xuân Thuỷ)
Greek
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Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
temple
* Xuân Trung Pagoda (Xuân Trung)
* Nghĩa Xá Pagoda (Xuân Ninh)
* Temple An Cu (Xuân Vinh)
Festivals
* Keo Hành Thiện Pagoda festival
Specialties
* Xuân Đài
tam rice
* Xuân Tiến
raw fish
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* Raw materials, basic materials from which products are manufactured or made
* Raw food, uncooked food
Raw or RAW may also refer to:
Computing and electronics
* .RAW, a proprietary mass spectrometry dat ...
dishes
* Kiên Lao
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...
* Xuân Bắc
meat roll
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Xuan Truong District
Districts of Nam Định province