An Nhơn () is a district-level town of Bình Định Province in the

South Central Coast South Central Coast ( vi, Duyên hải Nam Trung Bộ, links=no) or (South Central Region) is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh ...

region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 187,737. The district covers an area of 255 km². The district capital is Bình Định. It has a population density of 779 people per km², and they are distributed unevenly, with high concentrations in the wards of Bình Định and Đập Đá. 55.50% of the population in the district are of working age. An Nhơn district lies on a plain at 13°49'N and 109°18'E. It is located along the National Route 1 20 km from the city of

Quy Nhơn 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 ...

. The north of the district borders Phù Cát, the east of the district borders Tuy Phước, the west borders Tây Sơn, and the south-west borders the mountainous district of Vân Canh.

Administrative divisions

The district includes 10 communes and 5 wards: *Bình Định (ward) *Đập Đá (ward) *Nhơn Thành (ward) *Nhơn Hưng (ward) *Nhơn Hòa (ward) *Nhơn Mỹ *Nhơn Hạnh *Nhơn Phong *Nhơn Hậu *Nhơn An *Nhơn Phúc *Nhơn Khánh *Nhơn Lộc *Nhơn Thọ *Nhơn Tân

History

During the period 938-1470, An Nhơn was in the heartland of the

Champa Champa ( Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd ...

kingdom, with the capital at Đồ Bàn (now in Nhơn Hậu). In 1470, An Nhơn was in Tuy Viễn district. In 1602,

Nguyễn Hoàng Nguyễn Hoàng (28 August 1525 – 20 July 1613) was the first of the Nguyễn lords who ruled the southern provinces of Vietnam between 1558 and 1613, from a series of cities: Ai Tu (1558–70), Tra Bat (1570–1600), and Dinh Cat (modern-day Hu ...

changed the name from Hoài Nhơn to Quy Nhơn. In 1778, the

Tây Sơn dynasty The Tây Sơn dynasty (, vi, Nhà Tây Sơn (Chữ Nôm: 茹西山); vi, Tây Sơn triều ( Hán tự: 西山朝) was a ruling dynasty of Vietnam, founded in the wake of a rebellion against both the Nguyễn lords and the Trịnh lords befor ...

settled and developed An Nhơn into the emperor's fortress. In May 1799, after accounting for the stronghold,

Nguyễn Ánh Gia Long ( (''North''), (''South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh, was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam. His dynasty would rule the unifie ...

changed its name to Bình Định. In 1832,

Minh Mạng Minh Mạng () or Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of V ...

created the district of An Nhơn in its current form.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:An Nhon District Districts of Bình Định province County-level towns in Vietnam Populated places in Bình Định province