3-519: Sơn Dương is a rural district of Tuyên Quang province in the Northeast region of Vietnam . As of 2019 the district had a population of 183,600. The district covers an area of 789 km². The district capital lies at Sơn Dương . 21°40′01″N 105°25′01″E / 21.667°N 105.417°E / 21.667; 105.417 This article about a location in Tuyên Quang province , Vietnam
6-523: 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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