Phú Phong is a town (thị trấn) in south central

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. It is the capital of Tây Sơn District in

Gia Lai province Gia Lai is a northern mountainous Provinces of Vietnam, province in the Central Highlands (Vietnam), Central Highlands region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam. It borders Kon Tum province, Kon Tum in the north, Quảng Ngãi province, Qu ...

Geography and Transport

Phú Phong is located in the very west of the lowland plain of southern Bình Định along

Côn River Côn River (, also Kôn River, ''Sông Kôn'') is a river of Vietnam. With a length of 171 km, it is the longest river in Bình Định Province. Much of it can be used as an inland waterway for transportation. It has its source at Ngọc R ...

and the smaller Cút River, one of its tributaries.Vietnam Administrative Atlas. Cartographic Publishing House, Hanoi 2010 Côn River is an inland waterway that can be used for transport and provides indirect access to the sea as well as further up to Vĩnh Thạnh District.Vietnam Road Atlas (Tập Bản đồ Giao thông Đường bộ Việt Nam). Cartographic Publishing House (Vietnam), 2004 Phú Phong is also located at National Road 19, which connects it to National Route 1 (26 km distance), the ports of

Quy Nhon Quy Nhon ( ) 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 was the capital of the former Bình Định province. As of 2022 its population was 481.110. Hi ...

(42 km) in the east and the Central Highlands in the west, including

An Khê An Khê is a district-level town (''thị xã'') of Gia Lai province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 63,118. The district covers an area of 199 km². The district capital lies at A ...

town (34 km),

Pleiku Pleiku is a city in central Vietnam, located in the Central Highlands region. It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province. Many years ago, it was inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known as the Montagnards or De ...

city (129 km), and the border to

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History and heritage sites

Phú Phong was granted town status in March 1979 (having been a village before that). It was expanded in 2006 and aims to become a level 4 urban settlement. There is a temple commemorating the

Tây Sơn dynasty The Tây Sơn dynasty (; , (chữ Hán: 朝西山; Chữ Nôm: 茹西山), officially Đại Việt (Chữ Hán: 大越), was an imperial dynasty of Vietnam. It originated in a revolt led by three peasant brothers with the surname Nguyễn, r ...

, which originated in the Tây Sơn District, as well as an ancestral temple dedicated to Bui Thi Xuan, one of its major generals, and a Tây Sơn Museum. Several

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temple towers are located in Binh Nghi Commune to the east of the town.

References

{{Binh Dinh Province District capitals in Vietnam Townships in Vietnam Populated places in Gia Lai province