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Hải Phòng Haiphong or Hai Phong (, ) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. The municipality has an area of , consisting of 8 List of urban districts of Vietnam, urban districts, 6 Huyện, rural distri ...

in the

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History

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'', Tiên Lãng rural district (先朗縣, huyện Tiên Lãng) used to be called Bình Hà, Tân Minh, Tiên Minh. However, since the end of the

19th century The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, ...

, under the

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, it was changed to Tiên Lãng, belonging to

Hải Dương province Hải Dương was a former province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Its name derives from Sino-Vietnamese "ocean sun", though the modern province is in fact landlocked. Located in the Northern Key Economic Region, Hai Duong Provin ...

. From February 17, 1906, until 1945, Tiên Lãng was transferred to Kiến An province. Under the

State of Vietnam The State of Vietnam (; chữ Hán: 國家越南; ) was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as an associated state of the French Union and later as an independent state (from 20 July 1954 to 26 October 1955). The s ...

regime, it was called as Tiên Lãng district (先朗郡, quận Tiên Lãng). On October 27, 1962, Kiến An province was merged into

city. Since then, Tiên Lãng has been belonged to Hải Phòng.

Geography

Currently, Tiên Lãng rural district is divided into 19 commune-level

administrative unit Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

s.Administrative boundaries of Tiên Lãng rural district
(vi) *1

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

: Tiên Lãng capital-township. *18 communes : Bắc Hưng, Cấp Tiến, Đại Thắng, Đoàn Lập, Đông Hưng, Hùng Thắng, Khởi Nghĩa, Kiến Thiết, Nam Hưng, Quyết Tiến, Tân Minh, Tây Hưng, Tiên Cường, Tiên Minh, Tiên Thắng, Tiên Thanh, Tự Cường, Vinh Quang.

Culture

Đình làng Tử đôi 01072009381.jpg, Tử Đôi communal hall Đền bì trên thuộc thôn vân đôi xã đoàn lập huyện tiên lãng hải phòng01072009352.jpg, Kinh Sơn temple in Vân Đôi village Đền thờ thần Kinh Sơn (Tên tục gọi là đền Bì ) xã đoàn Lập huyện Tiên Lãng, Hải Phòng 01072009355.jpg, Kinh Sơn temple in Vân Đôi village

*''Quorum omnium exemplum, in portu regni Tunquini ad Batsham, sub latitudine Boreali 20 gr. 50 min.'' (Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Liber Tertius. De Mundi Systemate, Propositio XXIV. Theorema XIX, 1687). *"Ce singulier phénomène a été observé à Batsha, port du royaume de Tunquin, et dans quelques autres lieux. Il est vraisemblable que des observations faites dans les divers ports de la terre, offriroient toutes les variétés intermédiaires entre les marées de Batsha et celles de nos ports." (''Exposition du système du monde'', Livre quatrième, Chapitre X. "Du flux et du reflux de la mer", 1796). *

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. ''The Making of South East Asia'', 2nd ed.

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, 1995. * Trần Quốc Vượng, Tô Ngọc Thanh, Nguyễn Chí Bền, Lâm Mỹ Dung, Trần Thúy Anh.
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(2011). "Jiaozhi (Giao Chỉ) in the Han period Tongking Gulf". In Cooke, Nola ; Li Tana ; Anderson, James A. (eds.). ''The Tongking Gulf Through History''. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 39–44. ISBN 9780812205022. *

"Towards an environmental history of the eastern Red River Delta, Vietnam, c.900–1400"
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Christoforo Borri Christoforo Borri (1583 in Milan – 24 May 1632 in Rome), also called Christopher Borrus in older English sources, was a Jesuit missionary in Vietnam, a mathematician, and an astronomer. In Vietnam Borri's family was one of good standing in Mi ...

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Land and current status of land use in 2000 in Haiphong city
(in Vietnamese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tien Lang District Districts of Haiphong

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