Tuy Đức district | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Native Name: | Huyện Tuy Đức |
Map Caption1: | Tuy Duc district |
Pushpin Map: | Vietnam |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Highlands |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Đắk Nông |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | Indochina Time |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Tuy Đức is a rural district of Đắk Nông province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.
Its name Tuy Đức from an ancient subject in Đắk Nông province Daàk-tuul, which was an unknown address from chronicles. However, it means "the spring of tala trees" from Mnong language.
This present name was created by President Ngô Đình Diệm's policy in 1957.