3-706: Ngân Sơn is a rural district of Bắc Kạn province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. As of 2019, the district had a population of 29,269 people. The district covers an area of 644.4 km². The district capital lies at Vân Tùng commune. The district is subdivided to 11 commune level subdivisions , including the township of Nà Phặc , and the rural communes of: Hương Nê , Lãng Ngâm , Thuần Mang , Thượng Quan , Đức Vân , Vân Tùng (district capital), Trung Hòa , Cốc Đán , Thượng Ân and Bằng Vân . 22°25′01″N 106°00′00″E / 22.417°N 106.000°E / 22.417; 106.000 This article about
6-616: A location in Bắc Kạn 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 , 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
9-484: The first-tier divisions, namely the provinces and municipalities . Districts are subdivided into third-tier units, namely townships and communes . The districts existed since 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
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