Quỳ Châu district explained

Quỳ Châu District
Settlement Type:	District
Native Name:	Huyện Quỳ Châu
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	North Central Coast
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Nghệ An
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Tân Lạc
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	1074
Population As Of:	2003
Population Total:	52,403
Timezone:	Indochina Time
Utc Offset:	+07:00

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).

1. Tân Lạc (formerly named Quỳ Châu)
2. Châu Bính
3. Châu Thuận
4. Châu Hội
5. Châu Nga
6. Châu Tiến
7. Châu Hạnh
8. Châu Thắng
9. Châu Phong
10. Châu Bình
11. Châu Hoàn
12. Diễn Lâm

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.

19.5°N 105.083°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Districts of Vietnam. Statoids. March 20, 2009.
2. http://www.weilichubanxuezhe.com/LNCO%20sample%20paper.pdf Sample text