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Ninh Thuận, previously named Phan Rang, [5] is a coastal province in the southernmost part of the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.It borders Khánh Hòa to the north, Bình Thuận to the south, Lâm Đồng to the west and the South China Sea to the east.
The name Phan Rang or in modern Cham Pan(da)rang is an indigenous Chamized form of the original Sanskrit Pāṇḍuraṅga (another epithet for the Hindu god Vithoba). [3] It first appeared on Cham inscriptions around the tenth century as Paṅrauṅ or Panrāṅ, [4] and after that, it has been Vietnamese transliterated into Phan Rang. [5]
Under Thiệu Trị and Tu Duc, the Cham were reallowed to practice their religions with little prohibition. [120] Only a small fraction, or about 40,000 Cham people in the old Panduranga remained in 1885 when the French completed their acquisition of Vietnam. The French colonial administration prohibited Kinh discrimination and prejudice ...
Châu Đốc is a city in An Giang Province, bordering Cambodia, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.As of 2019, the city had a population of 101,765, and cover an area of 105.29 square kilometres (40.65 sq mi).
Sóc Trăng was known as Ba Xuyên during Minh Mạng's admininistration. [1]During the Nguyễn Dynasty of emperor Minh Mạng, it was given the Sino-Vietnamese name Nguyệt Giang (月 江), a calque of "Sông Trăng" (Moon River).
Thủ Dầu Một (listen ⓘ) is the capital city of Bình Dương province, Vietnam, located at around The city has an area of 118.91 km², with a population of 373.105 (as of 2024), [2] [3] and is located 20 km north of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, on the left bank of the Saigon River, upstream from the city.
The province is known for its scenery and beaches. There are also a number of Cham structures. Majority of the province is covered by mountains or hills. Its capital Quy Nhon served as the capital of the historic Tây Sơn dynasty. Economically the province has the most productive primary sector in the South Central Coast region, mostly because ...
Phan Thiết (Vietnamese: [fan.tʰíət] ⓘ) is the capital of Bình Thuận Province on the southeast coast in Vietnam.While most of the inhabitants live in the city center, others reside in the four urban coastal wards, extending from Suối Nước beach in the northeast towards cape Kê Gà in the southwest.