Phan Rí Cửa

Phan Rí Cửa Thị trấn Phan Rí Cửa
Township (Class-4)
Phan Rí Cửa township
Phan Rí Cửa
Coordinates: 11°10′26″N 108°33′58″E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Southeast
Province	Bình Thuận
District	Tuy Phong District
Area
• Total	5.77 sq mi (14.94 km^2)
Population  (2018)
• Total	45,805
• Density	7,940/sq mi (3,066/km^2)
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Phan Rí Cửa is a township of Tuy Phong District, Bình Thuận Province.[1]

Etymology

The name Phan Rí is a Vietnamese transliteration of the Cham word Panrik; while Cửa is a Vietnamese word that, in this context, means 'port'.

History

Phan Rí Cửa was the capital of Principality of Thuận Thành in the past.

After 1975, Phan Ri Cửa was a commune of Bắc Bình district. On March 13, 1979, Vietnamese government upgraded Phan Rí Cửa commune into Phan Ri Cửa township.

On December 30, 1982, Bắc Binh district was divided into two districts, Bắc Bình and Tuy Phong, Phan Ri Cửa township belonged to Tuy Phong district.[2]

On December 16, 2011, the Ministry of Construction recognized Phan Ri Cửa township as a Class-4 urban area.[3] On November 21, 2019, the township annexed the rural commune of Hòa Phú.

References

1. "Administrative subdivisions". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. To find information at reference, go to row 60, then row 595, and it is listed on row 22972.
2. thuvienphapluat.vn (2020-10-12). "Quyết định 204-HĐBT phân vạch địa giới huyện thị xã thuộc tỉnh Thuận Hải". THƯ VIỆN PHÁP LUẬT. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
3. thuvienphapluat.vn (2020-10-22). "Quyết định 1057/QĐ-BXD công nhận thị trấn Phan Rí Cửa, huyện Tuy Phong". THƯ VIỆN PHÁP LUẬT. Retrieved 2024-11-19.