An Nhơn is a town

Districts of Vietnam

||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 of Binh Dinh province

Binh Dinh Province

Bình Định is a province of Vietnam. It is located in Vietnam's South Central Coast region.-Administration:Binh Dinh is divided into one city and 10 districts:*An Lão*An Nhơn*Hoài Ân*Hoài Nhơn*Phù Cát*Phù Mỹ*Tuy Phước*Tây Sơn*Vân Canh...

 in the South Central Coast

Nam Trung Bo

Nam Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region.The region has traditionally been one of the main gateways to...

 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 Binh Dinh. It has a population density of 779 people per km2, and they are distributed unevenly, with high concentrations in the wards of Binh Dinh and Dap Da. 55.50% of the population in the district are of working age.

An Nhon district lies on a plain at 130 ° 49 ' North latitude, 109 ° 18' East Longitude. It is located along the National Road 1A 20km from the city of Quy Nhon. The north of the district borders Phu Cat

Phu Cat

Phu Cat , is a district of Binh Dinh Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.The district capital is Ngo May.-References:...

, the east of the district borders Tuy Phuoc

Tuy Phuoc

Tuy Phước is a rural district of Binh Dinh province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. The district capital lies at Tuy Phuoc...

, the west borders Tay Son, and the south-west borders the mountainous district of Van Canh

Van Canh

Van Canh is a district of Binh Dinh Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.The district capital is Van Canh.Van Canh district is mountainous district, located in the south-west of Binh Dinh Province, and is relatively sparsely populated.- Geography :Van Canh borders Đồng Xuân...

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Administrative Divisions

The district includes 10 communes and 5 wards.

• Bình Định (ward)
• Đập Đá (ward)
• Nhơn Thành (ward)
• Nhơn Hưng (ward)
• Nhơn Hòa (ward)
• Nhơn Mỹ
• Nhơn Hạnh
• Nhơn Phong
• Nhơn Hậu
• Nhơn An
• Nhơn Phúc
• Nhơn Khánh
• Nhơn Lộc
• Nhơn Thọ
• Nhơn Tân

History

During the period 938-1470, An Nhon was in the heartland of the Champa

Champa

The kingdom of Champa was an Indianized kingdom that controlled what is now southern and central Vietnam from approximately the 7th century through to 1832.The Cham people are remnants...

 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 Nhon. In 1778, the Tay Son settled and developed An Nhon into the emperor's fortress. In May 1799, after accounting for the stronghold, Nguyen Anh

Gia Long

Emperor Gia Long , born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh , was an emperor of Vietnam...

changed its name to Binh Dinh. In 1832, Minh Mang created the district of An Nhon in its current form.