Thới Lai District (Huyện Thới Lai)
Thới Lai is a new rural district (huyện) of Cần Thơ City in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2009 the district had a population of 120,964, rising to 147,546 in 2018. The district covers an area of 255.66 km2. The district capital lies at Thới Lai. The district was formed in 2009 from the southern portion of Cờ Đỏ district.
The district borders Phong Điền and Ô Môn districts to the east, Cờ Đỏ district and Kiên Giang province to the west, Phong Điền District and Hậu Giang province to the south and Cờ Đỏ and Ô Môn districts to the north.
The district is divided into one commune-level town, Thới Lai, and 13 communes: Thới Thạnh, Tân Thạnh, Định Môn, Trường Thành, Trường Xuân, Trường Xuân A, Trường Xuân B, Trường Thắng, Xuân Thắng, Thới Tân, Đông Bình and Đông Thuận.
The district borders Phong Điền and Ô Môn districts to the east, Cờ Đỏ district and Kiên Giang province to the west, Phong Điền District and Hậu Giang province to the south and Cờ Đỏ and Ô Môn districts to the north.
The district is divided into one commune-level town, Thới Lai, and 13 communes: Thới Thạnh, Tân Thạnh, Định Môn, Trường Thành, Trường Xuân, Trường Xuân A, Trường Xuân B, Trường Thắng, Xuân Thắng, Thới Tân, Đông Bình and Đông Thuận.
Map - Thới Lai District (Huyện Thới Lai)
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Country - Vietnam
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Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam. The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam under Chinese rule from 111 BC, until the first dynasty emerged in 939. Successive monarchical dynasties absorbed Chinese influences through Confucianism and Buddhism, and expanded southward to the Mekong Delta, conquering Champa. The Nguyễn—the last imperial dynasty—surrendered to France in 1883. Following the August Revolution, the nationalist Viet Minh under the leadership of communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh proclaimed independence from France in 1945.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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VND | Vietnamese đồng | ₫ | 0 |
ISO | Language |
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KM | Central Khmer language |
ZH | Chinese language |
EN | English language |
FR | French language |
VI | Vietnamese language |