Vụ Bản district explained

Vu Ban District
Settlement Type:	District
Native Name:	Huyện Vụ Bản
Motto:	"Địa-linh sinh nhân-kiệt" (Sacred land gave birth to extraordinary people)
Image Blank Emblem:	Emblem of Vụ Bản District, Nam Định Province.svg
Pushpin Map:	Vietnam#Southeast Asia#Asia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Red River Delta
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Nam Định
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Gôi
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	148
Population As Of:	2003
Population Total:	130,672
Population Density Km2:	856
Timezone:	Indochina Time
Utc Offset:	+07:00

Vụ Bản is a rural district of Nam Định province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 130,672.^[1] The district covers an area of 148 km². The district capital lies at Gôi.^[1] The district includes the Vân Cát temple.^[2] During the 1920s the area was administered by the Vụ Bản district mandarin.^[3]

References

20.383°N 106.117°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Districts of Vietnam. Statoids. March 20, 2009.
2. Patta Kitiarsa Religious Commodifications in Asia: Marketing Gods 2008 Page 164 "Thus it helped legitimate mediumship practices in the temple but it was simultaneously useful in a competition for primacy with nearby Vân Cát temple which makes part of the same complex of temples in Vụ Bản district, Nam Định province."
3. Andrew David Hardy Red Hills: Migrants and the State in the Highlands of Vietnam 2005 Page 114 "NAV1/RND 3200, Mr Vũ Ung (Cờ Bàn village) to Vụ Bản district mandarin (Nam Định), 4 September 1924"