Tuy Phước district | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Native Name: | Huyện Tuy Phước |
Pushpin Map: | Vietnam |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of in Vietnam |
Coordinates: | 13.8167°N 118°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South Central Coast |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bình Định |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Tuy Phước |
Area Total Km2: | 217 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 226,300 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.043 |
Timezone: | Indochina Time |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Tuy Phước is a rural district (huyện) of Bình Định province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. The district capital lies at Tuy Phước.[2] The district has 13 administrative units, including two towns, Diêu Trì and Tuy Phước, and 11 communes: Phước Thắng, Phước Hưng, Phước Hoà, Phước Quang, Phước Sơn, Phước Hiệp, Phước Lộc, Phước Thuận, Phước Nghĩa, Phước An and Phước Thành.
Long Mỹ Industrial Zone (Khu Công Nghiệp Long Mỹ) and smaller industrial concentrations (cụm công nghiệp) are in the district. The former is a major centre of wood processing and furniture manufacturing, second only to Phu Tai Industrial Zone. Phước An Industrial Concentration (Cụm Công Nghiệp Phước An) is located in Phước An commune to the west of Diêu Trì. By September 2010, 11 companies had invested there and employed around 3,000 workers in the wood product, granite processing, incense powder, and plastic industries.[3]