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Thới Bình District
Thới Bình is a huyện, rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2019 the district had a population of 135,892. The district covers an area of 631 km2. The district capital lies at Thới Bình. Thới Bình borders U Minh district to the west, Kiên Giang province to the north, Bạc Liêu province to the east and northeast, and Cà Mau to the south. As a district in the Cà Mau Peninsula and Mekong Delta, Thới Bình is typical of the area, with low-lying and salty floodplains. Part of the district lies in the U Minh Thượng National Park. The main economic activity in the district is aquaculture, particularly prawn and blue crab farming. Trẹm River, a tributary of the Ông Đốc River, is the only waterway flowing through this district. Divisions The district is subdivided into 12 Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam), commune-level subdivisions, including the township of Thới Bình (township), Thới Bình and the rural com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huyện
Districts (), also known as rural districts or counties, are one of several types of second-tier administrative subdivisions of Vietnam, the other types being List of urban districts of Vietnam, urban districts (), Provincial city (Vietnam), provincial cities (), Municipal city (Vietnam), municipal cities (), and District-level town (Vietnam), district-level towns (). The districts are subdivisions of the first-tier divisions, namely the provinces of Vietnam, provinces and municipalities of Vietnam, municipalities. Districts are subdivided into third-tier units, namely Commune-level town (Vietnam), townships and Commune (Vietnam), communes. Districts and the whole second-tier of administrative subdivisions of Vietnam will be eliminated by 2025, following a major governmental reform. History The districts existed since the 15th century. Prior to 1945 the ''huyện'' ( vi-hantu, :wikt:縣, 縣) was also called district and earlier "sub-prefecture" of the prefectures, or phủ into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |