Chí Linh is a rural district

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 ....

 (huyện) of Hai Duong province

Hai Duong Province

Hải Dương is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Its name derives from Sino-Vietnamese , meaning "ocean", though in fact, the province is landlocked.-Geography of Hai Duong:...

 in the Red River Delta

Red River Delta

The Red River Delta is the flat plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries joining in the Thai Binh River in northern Vietnam. The delta measuring some 15,000 square km is well protected by a network of dikes. It is an agriculturally rich area and densely populated...

 region of Vietnam

Vietnam

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. Chi Linh is known as a very beautiful country with six rivers converging, with hills, mountains, forests... The capital of the district is Sao Do (Red Star).

There are a lot of beautiful temples and pagodas in Chi Linh. Many of them concerning with Vietnam's National Heros: Tran Hung Dao, Nguyen Trai, Chu Van An

Chu Van An

Chu Văn An was a Confucian, teacher, physician and high-ranking mandarin of the Trần Dynasty in Đại Việt.- Biography :...

. Con Son and Kiep Bac pagodas are famous all over Vietnam.

One of the best golf courses in North Vietnam, Star Golf, was opened in Sao Do in 2003.

Pha Lai, the biggest thermal power plant in North Vietnam is located in this district.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 149,555. The district covers an area of 281 km². The district capital lies at Sao Do.