District in North Central Coast, Vietnam
Quỳ Châu is a rural district of Nghệ An province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 52,403.[1] The district covers an area of 1,074 km2. The district capital lies at Tân Lạc Town.[1]
A 200-page book in an ancient Tai script was discovered in Mường Dan Village in February 2007.[2]
Subdivisions
Quỳ Châu has one town and 11 townships or communes (xã).
- Tân Lạc (formerly named Quỳ Châu)
- Châu Bính
- Châu Thuận
- Châu Hội
- Châu Nga
- Châu Tiến
- Châu Hạnh
- Châu Thắng
- Châu Phong
- Châu Bình
- Châu Hoàn
- Diễn Lâm
Climate
References
- ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ Sample text [dead link]
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
Further reading
- Hum-phân-Lattanavông. 1998. Quỳ Châu script (in Vietnamese). Văn hóa và lịch sử người Thái ở Việt Nam [Culture and history of the Thai people of Vietnam], ed. by Cãm Trong, Hoàng LùÒng, Lê Si Giáo, VùÒng Toàn, Ma Khánh BAng and Nguyèn Van Hòa, Hà Nội, Việt Nam: Nhà Xuất Bản Văn Hóa Dân Tộc.
- Lattanavong, H. 1999. "Quy Chau script of the Lao-Tay: a change from Chinese ideograms to the Indian system of writing", in Vietnamese Studies, no. 134.
- Thang, L.C. 1999. "A glimpse of the Thai in Quy Chau", in Vietnamese Studies, no. 134.
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