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Kiến Xương district
Rural District in Red River Delta, Vietnam From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kiến Xương [kiən˧˥:sɨəŋ˧˧] is a rural district of Thái Bình province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.
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Middle Ages
According to An Nam chí lược, An Nam chí nguyên and Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư,[1] from the Tang to the Revival Lê Dynasty, the area of Kiến Xương was originally the Northern part of Chân Định rural district (真定縣, Chân Định huyện),[note 2] which was separated from the Southern part by the downstream of the Red River. It belonged to Kiến Xương prefecture (Kiến Xương phủ), Sơn Nam garrison (Sơn Nam trấn).
In 1832, Emperor Minh Mệnh issued an order to dissolve Sơn Nam garrison to be replaced by Nam Định province.[note 3] However, by 1890 under the reign of Emperor Thành Thái, Chân Định was renamed as Trực Định rural district (直定縣, Trực Định huyện),[note 4] belonging to Kiến Xương prefecture, Thái Bình province.
XX century
In 1946, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam dissolved the prefecture regime to advance for the establishment of Kiến Xương rural district (建昌縣, huyện Kiến Xương), belonging to Thái Bình province.
However, under the State of Vietnam regime, it was continued to change its name as Kiến Xương district (建昌郡, quận Kiến Xương), still belonging to Thái Bình province.
On June 8, 1988, according to Decision 102-HĐBT[note 5] of the Council of Ministers, Kiến Xương township (thị trấn Kiến Xương) was officially established in the area of hamlets Quang Trung and Tân Tiến, both belonging to Tán Thuật commune.
XXI century
On April 12, 2002, arcording to Decree 45/2002/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, continuing to consolidate Kiến Xương township and Tán Thuật commune to establish Thanh Nê township (thị trấn Thanh Nê).[note 6]
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Geography
Currently, Kiến Xương rural district is divided into 29 commune-level administrative units.
- 1 municipality : Kiến Xương township.
- 28 communes : An Bình, Bình Định, Bình Minh (district's capital), Bình Nguyên, Bình Thanh, Hòa Bình, Hồng Thái, Hồng Tiến, Hồng Vũ, Lê Lợi, Minh Quang, Minh Tân, Nam Bình, Quang Bình, Quang Lịch, Quang Minh, Quang Trung, Quốc Tuấn, Tây Sơn, Thanh Tân, Thống Nhất, Trà Giang, Vũ An, Vũ Công, Vũ Lễ, Vũ Ninh, Vũ Quý, Vũ Trung.
The previous capital of Kiến Xương was Kiến Xương township, but since 2023 it has been moved to Bình Minh commune.
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