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Encyclopedia > Binh Dinh province
Name
Name: Tỉnh Bình Định
Meaning: ?
Geography
Capital: Qui Nhon
Region: South Central Coast
Area: 6,026km²
People
Population: 1,513,100
Ethnicities: Viet, Cham, Ba Na
Location
image:LocationVietnamBinhDinh.png

Binh Dinh (in Vietnamese, Bình Định) is a Province of Vietnam. It is located on the coast of the country's central region. Qui Nhon is a coastal city in the centre of Vietnam. ... The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt or người Kinh) are an ethnic group originating from what is now northern Vietnam and southern China. ... Cham statue from Cham Museum in Danang, Vietnam The Cham people are descendants of the kingdom of Champa. ... Image File history File links LocationVietnamBinhDinh. ... Administrative Divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam The country of Vietnam is divided into fifty-nine provinces (known in Vietnamese as tỉnh, from Chinese 省 shÄ›ng). ...

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Administration

Politically, Binh Dinh is divided into ten districts: An Lao, An Nhon, Hoai An, Hoai Nhon, Phu Cat, Phu My, Tuy Phuoc, Tay Son, Van Canh, and Vinh Thach. The provincial capital, Qui Nhon, is a separate municipality. Qui Nhon is a coastal city in the centre of Vietnam. ...


Geography

Binh Dinh contains a range of different terrains. The province is generally described as being divided into four clearly-defined regions - the highlands along the western border, the hill country, the plains, and the coast. Most of the population lives near the coast.


Economy

The major economic activities of Binh Dinh province are fisheries and agriculture. The manufacture of wood products is also significant - Binh Dinh has traditionally been known for supplying valuable exotic woods. Binh Dinh will complete Nhon Hoi economic zone in 2010. This is a very good chance to improve the local economy. Binh Dinh will be a centre of the Middle in the future because it has a large port and a lot of advantages to develop industries. A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic species, an activity known as fishing. ...


History

The history of Binh Dinh province is closely linked to that of the historic Kingdom of Champa, a state based around the Cham people who now form the Binh Dinh's largest minority. Champa occupied most of central Vietnam, and frequently fought wars with the Vietnamese to the north. Gradually, however, the Vietnamese pushed the Cham southwards. In 980, the Cham were forced to abandon their capital, My Son, and relocate to the city of Vijaya in Binh Dinh. Vijaya (known to the Vietnamese as Do Ban) remained the capital of Champa for the remainder of the kingdom's existence. In 1470, it was overrun by the Vietnamese. With Binh Dinh under Vietnamese control, Vietnamese settlers gradually moved southwards, eventually displacing the Cham as the dominant ethnic group of the area. Today, ethnic Vietnamese make up over 95% of Binh Dinh's population. Rough location of Champas core territories. ... Cham statue from Cham Museum in Danang, Vietnam The Cham people are descendants of the kingdom of Champa. ... Events Births Emperor Ichijo of Japan Humbert I of Savoy Avicenna Godiva, Countess of Mercia Deaths Categories: 980 ... My son temple Mỹ Sơn is a temple complex, located in Quang Nam province in Vietnam, 69km south-west of Danang, was an imperial city during the Champa dynasty. ... Events May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ...


Sights

A number of towers built by the Cham are now significant tourist attractions in Binh Dinh. The province's Tay Son district is also famous as the starting place of the Tay Son Uprising (and thus the Tay Son dynasty). The Quang Trung Museum commemorates the event. Nguyen Hue hero :he is an outstanding people in many aspects such as :political,army ,economy ,...He died in1789 when he was 39 years old The name of Tay Son is used in many ways referring back to the period of peasant rebellions and decentralized dynasty established between the eras of the Le and Nguyen dynasties. ...


External link

  • Binh Dinh Province official website


 
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Binh Dinh province - definition of Binh Dinh province in Encyclopedia (353 words)
Binh Dinh (in Vietnamese, Bình Định) is a Province of Vietnam.
The province is generally described as being divided into four clearly-defined regions - the highlands along the western border, the hill country, the plains, and the coast.
The major economic activities of Binh Dinh province are fisheries and agriculture.
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