Tân Uyên, Bình Dương
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Tân Uyên
Thị xã Tân Uyên | |
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Tân Uyên Town | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Southeast |
Province | Bình Dương |
Capital | Uyên Hưng |
Area | |
• Total | 74.3 sq mi (192.5 km2) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 505.798 |
Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
Tân Uyên is a district-level town of Bình Dương Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, about 20 miles northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. The town was formed from a portion of Tân Uyên District in 2014, while the rest of the district was renamed Bắc Tân Uyên District.
As of 2014, the town had a population of 190,564, covering an area of 192.5 km². The capital lies at Uyên Hưng.[1]
The area has been an important local centre since the Nguyễn dynasty and French periods.[2][3] It is a center of pottery production.[4]
Administrative divisions
Tân Uyên town is divided into 6 wards (Uyên Hưng, Tân Phước Khánh, Thái Hòa, Thạnh Phước, Tân Hiệp and Khánh Bình) and 6 communes (Hội Nghĩa, Vĩnh Tân, Phú Chánh, Tân Vĩnh Hiệp, Thạnh Hội and Bạch Đằng).[1]
References
- ^ a b "CHÍNH PHỦ 36/NQ-CP".
- ^ "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
- ^ Bulletins de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris - Page 109 1889 "Je repartais à quatre heures par la voiture de Tân-uyên, centre important sur le Don-naï, situé à 14 kilomètres de Hiên-hoà par voie de terre. Au treizième kilomètre, nous descendons de voiture et nous coupons à travers champs, pour nous ..."
- ^ "Binh Duong pottery village gears up for Lunar New Year rush". VnExpress International. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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