4-453: Lương Sơn is a rural district of Hòa Bình province in the Northwest region of Vietnam , around 40 km from Hanoi . As of 2019, the district had a population of 99,457, with Muong people accounting for about 70% of the population. The district covers an area of 369.85 km. The district capital lies at Lương Sơn. Lương Sơn is divided into 11 commune-level sub-divisions, including
8-422: The 15th century. Prior to 1945 the huyện ( chữ Hán : 縣 ) was also called district and earlier "sub-prefecture" of the prefectures, or phủ into which provinces were previously divided. The administrative reorganization by Minh Mạng of Nguyen dynasty in 1832 did not substantially affect the position of the huyện, but concentrated administration of the level above the huyện, the phủ under new larger unit of
12-457: The other types being urban districts ( Vietnamese : quận ), provincial cities ( thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh ), municipal cities ( thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương ), and district-level towns ( thị xã ). The districts are subdivisions of the first-tier divisions, namely the provinces and municipalities . Districts are subdivided into third-tier units, namely townships and communes . The districts existed since
16-532: The township of Lương Sơn and 10 rural communes (Cao Dương, Cao Sơn, Cư Yên, Hòa Sơn, Lâm Sơn, Liên Sơn, Nhuận Trạch, Tân Vinh, Thanh Cao, Thanh Sơn). This article about a location in Hòa Bình Province , Vietnam is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Huy%E1%BB%87n Districts ( Vietnamese : huyện ), also known as rural districts or counties , are one of several types of second-tier administrative subdivisions of Vietnam ,
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