Sơn Động District

Son Dong District
Huyện Sơn Động
Rural district
Country  Vietnam
Province Bắc Giang
Capital An Châu
Government
 • Party Secretary: Nghiêm Xuân Hưởng[1]
 • People's Council Chairman: Nguyễn Quang Ngạn
 • People's Committee Chairman: Hoàng My Ca
Area
 • Total 326 sq mi (844 km2)
Population
 • Total 70,629
Time zone UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Sơn Động District is a rural district of Bắc Giang Province in the northeast region of Vietnam. It is the easternmost district in the province. As of 2003 it had a population of 70,629.[2] The district covers an area of 844 km². The district capital lies at An Châu.[2] There are some cultural sites here such as: Chẽ pagoda, Female King temple, Lục Liễu temple, Đặng temple and Chẽ temple.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided administratively into two townships, An Châu (the capital) and Thanh Sơn and the communes of Hữu Sản, An Lạc, Vân Sơn, Lệ Viễn, Vĩnh Khương, An Lập, Dương Hưu, Long Sơn, An Châu, An Bá, Yên Định, Tuấn Đạo, Bồng Am, Thanh Luận, Cẩm Đàn, Giáo Liêm, Chiên Sơn, Quế Sơn, Phúc Thắng, Thạch Sơn, and Tuấn Mậu.

121.72 km² in the southern portion of the district has been designated as the Tây Yên Tử Nature Reserve.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bacgiang.gov.vn/email/c-210/timkiem.html&c=0
  2. 1 2 "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Tay Yen Tu in Viet Nam". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Minh Quý Hà (2010). Khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên Tây Yên Tử: giá trị bảo tồn đa dạng sinh học và tiềm năng phát triển [Tây Yên Tử Nature Reserve: biodiversity conservation value and development potential] (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: Natural Science and Technology Publishing House. OCLC 864366107.

Coordinates: 21°20′00″N 106°51′00″E / 21.3333°N 106.8500°E / 21.3333; 106.8500

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