Thừa Thiên–Huế Province
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Thừa Thiên-Huế Province Tỉnh Thừa Thiên-Huế |
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Lăng Cô in Thừa Thiên-Huế
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 Location of Thừa Thiên-Huế within Vietnam |
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| Coordinates: 16°20′N 107°35′E / 16.333°N 107.583°ECoordinates: 16°20′N 107°35′E / 16.333°N 107.583°E | |
| Country |
 Vietnam
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| Region | North Central Coast |
| Capital | Huế |
| Government | |
| • People's Council Chair | Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện |
| • People's Committee Chair | Nguyễn Văn Cao |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,033.2 km2 (1,943.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 1,123,800 |
| • Density | 223/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese and Champa ancestry |
| Time zone | ICT (UTC+7) |
| Calling code | 54 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-26 |
| Website | www |
Thừa Thiên-Huế (
listen) is a province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, approximately in the centre of the country. It borders Quảng Trị Province to the north and Đà Nẵng to the south, Laos to the west and the East Sea to the east. The province has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 ha of lagoons and over 200,000 ha of forest. There is an extensive complex of imperial tombs and temples in Huế.
The region's history dates back some 2,800 years according to archaeological findings from the Sa Huynh Culture as well as from relics in the region. Đại Việt became an independent nation around 938 BC of which territorial conflict lasts for about four centuries between the Đại Việt and the Champa. The two provinces then changed their names to Thanh and Hóa. In 1307, Đoàn Nhữ Hài was appointed by the king, Trần Anh Tông, to administer the area. The people from the north (Thanh Hóa) migrated south and integrated with the people of the Kingdom of Champa. During this time, had the settlement of Hoa Chau Province began, which included the area of present-day Thừa Thiên.
Between the settlement of Thuận Hóa (1306) to the founding of Phú Xuân (1687), there were conflicts and uncertainties for the local people, which including the fall of the Trần Dynasty to the renaissance of the Hồ dynasty. Thuận Hóa and Phú Xuân became the location of the Đại Việt kingdom once Nguyễn Hoàng was appointed head of Thuận Hóa (1511–1558). Lord Nguyễn Hoàng (1558–1613) established bases at Ai Tu, Tra Bat and Dinh Cat, while his lords moved palaces to Kim Long (1636), where they would eventually base their operations in Phú Xuân (1687). The Nguyễn lords ruled the area until it taken over the Trinh clan in 1775. The farmers movement led by the Tây Sơn brothers gained momentum in 1771. The Tây Sơn insurgent army won the battle in Phú Xuân to take over the Nguyễn capital in 1786, where they continued north and overthrew the Trinh Dynasty. In Phú Xuân, Nguyễn Huế appointed himself king, and with internal differences with the Tây Sơn Movement and the death of Nguyễn Huế (1792), Nguyễn Ánh took advantage of the situation and took over Gia Định with the support of foreign forces. Nguyễn Huế attached to the Tây Sơn movement and took over Phú Xuân and the throne, thereby choosing the dynasty title of Gia Long (1802). Phú Xuân was again chosen as the capital of Vietnam until 1945's August Revolution. Prior to 1975, the province was known simply as Thừa Thiên.
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