Country Vietnam Established town 28 November 2011 Time zone ICT (UTC+07:00) Local time Wednesday 5:36 PM Province Binh Dinh Province | Region South Central Coast Capital Bình Định Area 292.6 km² Population 252,817 (2011) | |
Weather 24°C, Wind N at 16 km/h, 75% Humidity Points of interest Do Ban, Tháp Cánh Tiên, Tháp Phú Lốc | ||
An Nhơn ( listen) is a district-level town of Bình Định Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 187,737. The district covers an area of 255 km². The district capital is Bình Định. It has a population density of 779 people per km2, and they are distributed unevenly, with high concentrations in the wards of Bình Định and Đập Đá. 55.50% of the population in the district are of working age.
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Map of Tx. An Nh%C6%A1n, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam
An Nhơn district lies on a plain at 13°49'N and 109°18'E. It is located along the National Route 1A 20 km from the city of Quy Nhơn. The north of the district borders Phù Cát, the east of the district borders Tuy Phước, the west borders Tây Sơn, and the south-west borders the mountainous district of Vân Canh.
Administrative divisions
The district includes 10 communes and 5 wards.
History
During the period 938-1470, An Nhơn was in the heartland of the Champa kingdom, with the capital at Đồ Bàn (now in Nhon Hau). In 1470, in An Nhon was in Tuy Vien district. In 1602, Nguyen Hoang changed name of the Hoai Nhon to Quy Nhơn. In 1778, the Tây Sơn Dynasty settled and developed An Nhơn into the emperor's fortress. In May 1799, after accounting for the stronghold, Nguyen Anh changed its name to Bình Định. In 1832, Minh Mạng created the district of An Nhơn in its current form.