Sông Cầu Explained

For other uses see Sông Cầu (disambiguation).

Sông Cầu
Settlement Type:Town (Class-4)
Official Name:Sông Cầu town
Native Name:Thị xã Sông Cầu
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:South Central Coast
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Phú Yên
Seat Type:Local government's offices
Seat:Xuân Phú
Established Title:Established
Established Date:28 August 2009
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:487
Area Urban Km2:32.1848
Population As Of:2009
Population Total:105,780
Population Density Km2:208.7
Population Urban:32,437
Population Density Urban Km2:1007.8
Timezone:Indochina Time
Utc Offset:+7
Website:songcau.phuyen.gov.vn

Sông Cầu is a town (thị xã) of Phú Yên province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

After the Vietnam War, Sông Cầu was merged into Đồng Xuân District in 1976. The latter was then combined with Tuy An District to become Xuân An District in March 1977, but Xuân An was soon split again into the two previous districts in September 1978. Sông Cầu Township was the seat for those districts. On 27 June 1985, Sông Cầu District was split from Đồng Xuân District.[1] On 28 August 2009, Sông Cầu District was upgraded to town status.[2]

Sông Cầu is subdivided into 4 wards (phường): Xuân Yên, Xuân Phú, Xuân Thành and Xuân Đài, and 10 communes (xã): Xuân Thọ 1, Xuân Thọ 2, Xuân Lâm, Xuân Phương, Xuân Thịnh, Xuân Cảnh, Xuân Hoà, Xuân Bình, Xuân Lộc and Xuân Hải. At the time of establishment (2009) it had a population of 101,521 and covered an area of 489.28 km². The local government's offices are located in Xuân Phú Ward.

References

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Notes and References

  1. (Vietnamese) History of Sông Cầu
  2. (Vietnamese) The foundation of Sông Cầu Town