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District in Red River Delta, Vietnam
Vu Ban District
Huyện Vụ Bản | |
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Motto(s): "Địa-linh sinh nhân-kiệt" (Sacred land gave birth to extraordinary people) | |
Country | Vietnam |
Region | Red River Delta |
Province | Nam Định |
Capital | Gôi |
Area | |
• Total | 57 sq mi (148 km) |
Population | |
• Total | 130,672 |
• Density | 2,220/sq mi (856/km) |
Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
Website | vuban |
Vụ Bản is a rural district of Nam Định province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 130,672. The district covers an area of 148 km. The district capital lies at Gôi. The district includes the Vân Cát temple. During the 1920s the area was administered by the Vụ Bản district mandarin.
References※
- ^ "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ Patta Kitiarsa Religious Commodifications in Asia: Marketing Gods 2008 Page 164 "Thus it helped legitimate mediumship practices in the temple. But it was simultaneously useful in a competition for primacy with nearby Vân Cát temple which makes part of the same complex of temples in Vụ Bản district, Nam Định province."
- ^ Andrew David Hardy Red Hills: Migrants and the State in the Highlands of Vietnam 2005 Page 114 "NAV1/RND 3200, Mr Vũ Ung (Cờ Bàn village) to Vụ Bản district mandarin (Nam Định), 4 September 1924"
20°22′59″N 106°07′01″E / 20.383°N 106.117°E / 20.383; 106.117
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