Kim Bảng
Kim Bảng town Thị xã Kim Bảng | |
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 View of a village has its tradition of producing incense in Kim Bảng town. | |
| Motto(s): "Mix with country – Rise to shine" (Hòa nhịp non sông – Vươn cao tỏa sáng) | |
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| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Red River Delta |
| Province | Hà Nam |
| Establishment | IX century |
| Central hall | No.67, Trần Hưng Đạo road, Lan Quế ward, Kim Bảng town |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • People Committee's Chairman | Nguyễn Thành Thăng |
| • People Council's Chairman | Nguyễn Văn Đoàn |
| • Front Committee's Chairman | Lại Thị Tuyết Lan |
| • Party Committee's Secretary | Lê Văn Hà |
| Area | |
• Total | 175.40 km2 (67.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 145,744 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Kinh Tanka Muong |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
| ZIP code | 18000-183[note 1] |
| Website | Kimbang.Hanam.gov.vn Kimbang.Hanam.dcs.vn |
Kim Bảng [kim˧˧:ɓa̰ːŋ˧˩˧] is a district-level town of Hà Nam province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.
History
[edit]Middle Ages
[edit]According to four documents of Cựu Đường thư, An Nam chí lược, An Nam chí nguyên and Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, on the right bank of the Đáy river there was ever an administrative unit called as Cổ Bảng rural district[note 2] (古榜縣, Cổ Bảng huyện), belonging to Lị Nhân canton (利仁州, Lị Nhân châu).
XX century
[edit]Under the State of Vietnam regime, Kim Bảng was continued to change its name as Kim Bảng district (quận Kim Bảng), belonging to Hà Nam province (tỉnh Hà Nam).
XXI century
[edit]On November 8, 2024, the Ministry of Construction issued Decision 1036/QĐ-BXD on "recognition of areas where were expected to establish wards under Kim Bảng municipality, Hà Nam province, meeting the developed standard of the urban infrastructure which was applied to wards of the IV-class urban area".[note 3] Accordingly, the Vietnamese government's all levels have basically agreed to prepare for the recognition of the urban regime for the entire area of Kim Bảng rural district.
On November 14, 2024, the National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution 1288/NQ-UBTVQH[1] on arranging the district and commune-level administrative units of Hà Nam province in the period of 2023–25, which takes effect from January 1, 2025. Accordingly, officially establishing Kim Bảng town (thị xã Kim Bảng) of Hà Nam province on the basis of the entire Kim Bảng rural district.
Geography
[edit]Topography
[edit]Since the evening of February 8, 2025,[2] the area of Kim Bảng town has been automatically divided into 17 commune-level administrative units.
- 10 wards : Ba Sao, Đại Cương, Đồng Hóa, Lan Quế, Lê Hồ, Ngọc Sơn, Tân Sơn, Tân Tựu, Thi Sơn, Tượng Lĩnh.
- 7 communes : Hoàng Tây, Khả Phong, Liên Sơn, Nguyễn Úy, Thanh Sơn, Thụy Lôi, Văn Xá.
According to the 2023 statistical yearbook of the whole Hà Nam province, Kim Bảng town covers an area of 175,40 km2. By Đồng Khánh địa dư chí lược, Kim Bảng seated on two large rivers Đáy and Nhuệ, so it was almost very sunken, which is disadvantage of agricultural situation in the rainy season.[3][4][5] However, its Southwest is quite high limestone mountains and there are many clay, where was part of the Hòa Bình plateau.
Besides, Kim Bảng is also the intersection of the national highways 21A, 21B, 21C and 38.
Demography
[edit]As of 2025 Kim Bảng town had a population of 145,744. In particular, all people are registered as Kẻ Kinh.
Culture
[edit]Since 2010s, Kim Bảng town has been widely known in the world as one of the impressive spiritual tourist destinations.[6]
- Tam Chúc national tourist area (Khu du lịch quốc gia Tam Chúc) lied in Ba Sao ward and Khả Phong commune.
- White Horse temple (miếu Bạch Mã), where worships Linh Lang Prince, a god blessed Emperor Đinh Hoàn to unify the country in the IX century.
- Bà Banh temple (đền Bà Banh), what was built in the VII century to worship the Four Dharma Seals. Its name[note 4] stems from a Champa dancer statue (vũ nữ Trà Kiệu), which was cast by Champa prisoners in the Lý Dynasty.
- Luồn cave and Dong pond[note 5] in Thi Sơn ward.
According to the documents of Hà Nam Communist Party Committee, the area of Kim Bảng town was the beginning of the Xuân Phả performance (trò Xuân Phả) from 1433. However, this theory is still in the debate.
Economy
[edit]In the territory of Kim Bảng town, there are a number of traditional craft villages, such as :
- Ceramics and porcelain in Quyết Thành village.[7]
- Wooden furniture and handicrafts in Nhật Tân village.
- Threaded embroidery in Phương Thượng village.
- Weaving in Lác Nhuế village.
- Limestone mining in the Western communes.
See also
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Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ An official code from December 31, 2023 to present.
- ^ By ideas of researchers Thiều Chửu, Tạ Chí Đại Trường and Nguyễn Hùng Vỹ, word "cổ-bảng" are the Hanese ways of the phonetic for "k'lang" in ancient Annamese language, which mean "big river" (江, giang).
- ^ Quyết định số 1036/QĐ-BXD về việc công nhận các khu vực dự kiến thành lập phường thuộc đô thị Kim Bảng, tỉnh Hà Nam đạt tiêu chuẩn trình độ phát triển cơ sở hạ tầng đô thị áp dụng đối với phường của đô thị loại IV.
- ^ Means "lady shows off her vulva".
- ^ Luồn and Dong are Mường words to describe the genitals.
References
[edit]- ^ Nghị quyết số 1288/NQ-UBTVQH15 về việc sắp xếp đơn vị hành chính cấp huyện, cấp xã của tỉnh Hà Nam giai đoạn 2023–25 (vi)
- ^ The ceremony to announce the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the establishment of Kim Bảng town (vi)
- ^ Kim Bảng điều chuyển 157 hộ dân có nguy cơ cao trước ảnh hưởng của mưa lũ đến nơi an toàn (vi)
- ^ Kim Bảng tập trung lãnh đạo, chỉ đạo phòng chống ngập do mưa lũ sau bão số 3 Yagi (vi)
- ^ Các địa phương tập trung khắc phục hậu quả của bão số 3 Yagi (vi)
- ^ Kim Bảng phát triển du lịch cộng đồng gắn với Khu du lịch quốc gia Tam Chúc (vi)
- ^ Visit the 500-year Quyết Thành Pottery Village in Hà Nam (vi)
Further reading
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- George Coedes. The Making of South East Asia, 2nd ed. University of California Press, 1983.
- Trần Ngọc Thêm. Cơ sở văn hóa Việt Nam (The Foundation of Vietnamese Culture), 504 pages. Publishing by Nhà xuất bản Đại học Tổng hợp TPHCM. Saigon, Vietnam, 1995.
- Trần Quốc Vượng, Tô Ngọc Thanh, Nguyễn Chí Bền, Lâm Mỹ Dung, Trần Thúy Anh. Cơ sở văn hóa Việt Nam (The Basis of Vietnamese Culture), 292 pages. Re-publishing by Nhà xuất bản Giáo Dục Việt Nam & Quảng Nam Printing Co-Ltd. Hanoi, Vietnam, 2006.
- Li Tana (2011). Jiaozhi (Giao Chỉ) in the Han period Tongking Gulf. In Cooke, Nola ; Li Tana ; Anderson, James A. (eds.). The Tongking Gulf Through History. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 39–44. ISBN 9780812205022.
- Li Tana, Towards an environmental history of the eastern Red River Delta, Vietnam, c.900–1400, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014.
- Samuel Baron, Christoforo Borri, Olga Dror, Keith W. Taylor (2018). Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam : Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-501-72090-1.
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Districts of the Red River Delta | ||
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| Hanoi city |
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| Haiphong city | ||
| Bắc Ninh province | ||
| Hà Nam province | ||
| Hải Dương province |
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| Hưng Yên province | ||
| Nam Định province | ||
| Ninh Bình province | ||
| Thái Bình province | ||
| Vĩnh Phúc province |
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