Tân Uyên, Bình Dương

Tân Uyên is a district-level town of Bình Dương Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, about 20 miles northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. The town was formed from a portion of Tân Uyên District in 2014, while the rest of the district was renamed Bắc Tân Uyên District.

Tân Uyên Thị xã Tân Uyên
Town (Class-4)
Tân Uyên Town
Country	Vietnam
Region	Southeast
Province	Bình Dương
Capital	Uyên Hưng
Area
• Total	74.3 sq mi (192.5 km^2)
Population  (2018)
• Total	204,488
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)

As of 2014, the town had a population of 190,564, covering an area of 192.5 km². The capital lies at Uyên Hưng.[1]

The area has been an important local centre since the Nguyễn dynasty and French periods.[2][3] It is a center of pottery production.[4]

Administrative divisions

Tân Uyên town is divided into 6 wards (Uyên Hưng, Tân Phước Khánh, Thái Hòa, Thạnh Phước, Tân Hiệp and Khánh Bình) and 6 communes (Hội Nghĩa, Vĩnh Tân, Phú Chánh, Tân Vĩnh Hiệp, Thạnh Hội and Bạch Đằng).[1]

References

1. "CHÍNH PHỦ 36/NQ-CP".
2. "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
3. Bulletins de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris - Page 109 1889 "Je repartais à quatre heures par la voiture de Tân-uyên, centre important sur le Don-naï, situé à 14 kilomètres de Hiên-hoà par voie de terre. Au treizième kilomètre, nous descendons de voiture et nous coupons à travers champs, pour nous ..."
4. "Binh Duong pottery village gears up for Lunar New Year rush". VnExpress International. Retrieved 2021-01-26.