Phú Mỹ

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Phú Mỹ
Thành phố Phú Mỹ
Provincial city (Class-3)
Phú Mỹ City
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Đại Tòng Lâm Temple
Nickname: 
Port city of the Southern
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Interactive map outlining Phú Mỹ
CountryVietnam
Region Southeast
Province Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu
Provincial cityMarch 1, 2025
Capital Phú Mỹ
Area
128.90 sq mi (333.84 km2)
 • Urban
94.03 sq mi (243.53 km2)
Population
 (2024)
287,055
 • Density2,200/sq mi (860/km2)
 •  Urban
267,294
 • Urban density2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Time zone UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
787xx

Phú Mỹ is a provincial city (thành phố thuộc tỉnh) of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southeast Vietnam. As of 2018 the city had a population of 175,872. [1] The city covers an area of 333.84 km².

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Phú Mỹ was formerly Tân Thành District, a rural district of the province, with its district capital lying at Phú Mỹ township. In 2018, Tân Thành District was dissolved to form the new district-level town then city of Phú Mỹ.

The city seat lies at Phú Mỹ ward (former Phú Mỹ township) from which it takes its name. Phú Mỹ is a highly industrialized town with several industrial parks. It is the site of CS Wind's largest Vietnam wind tower factory. [2]

Phú Mỹ is home to deep water ports of Cái Mép–Thị Vải replacing Saigon Port when the latter relocated here. Phú Mỹ Power Plant Complex with a total capacity of 4,000 MW contributes nearly 35% of Vietnam's electricity.

History

Etymology

The town takes its name from the Phú Mỹ township, the capital of former Tân Thành District. The township was formally a commune and a village established in 1934 from the merger of Phú Thạnh and Mỹ Xuân, two villages founded in the area in the 19th century.

Before Vietnamese settlement

Archaeological evidence shows that modern humans had lived in Phú Mỹ in prehistory. In 2004, scientists conducted excavations in Gò Cây Me, an earthen hill in Tân Hòa Commune, and found relics of stony work tools, pottery and bones. The found relics were said to date back to the early metallic age circa 3500-3000 years before present. [3]

Between the 1st and 7th century, this area was controlled by the ancient Funan Kingdom. Later it was annexed by Chenla and administered as part of Chenla until the 17th century.

Vietnamese settlement

Due to conflicts and disturbance caused by the Trịnh-Nguyễn War, climate extremes, failing crops and factionism, Vietnamese people from the Central region migrated south, settled on Southeast and Southern region today. [4] [5] Many arrived in Mô Xoài (present-day Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu) and established the earliest villages in the area.

In 1698, Lord Nguyễn Phúc Chu launched a military expedition to Southern region led by Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh.

Port of Phú Mỹ

The Port of Phú Mỹ (pronounced foo-me) serves as the main deep water cargo port for Ho Chi Minh City, as well as for the resort town of Vũng Tàu. [6] [7] The port is 65 km from Ho Chi Minh City and 45 km from Vũng Tàu city. [8] [9]

Administrative divisions

The city is divided administratively into ten commune-level subdivisions with the first seven are wards three latter are communes and the rest are :

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References

  1. ↑ "Nghị quyết số 492/NQ-UBTVQH14 của Ủy ban Thường vụ Quốc hội về việc thành lập thị xã Phú Mỹ và các phường thuộc thị xã Phú Mỹ, tỉnh Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu". 14 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Meek, James (15 July 2021). "Who holds the welding rod?". London Review of Books. 43 (14). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Nguyễn, Mạnh Thắng; Trương, Đắc Chiến (2008-09-01). "Khai quật di chỉ Gò Cây Me" [Excavation of Gò Cây Me Site]. Bảo tàng lịch sử Việt Nam.
  4. ↑ "Vùng đất Nam Bộ dưới thời Chân Lạp trông như thế nào?" [How did Nam Bộ under Chenla rule look like?]. Dân Việt (in Vietnamese). 2019-09-09.
  5. ↑ Trần, Thị Phương Thảo (2013-01-07). "Xứ Mô Xoài - mảnh đất đầu tiên được khai phá trong tiến trình mở cõi về Nam Bộ" [Mô Xoài - the first exploited land in the process of Southward expansion]. Bảo tàng Lịch sử Quốc gia (in Vietnamese).
  6. ↑ "Phu My Port - port and navigational information". Vietnam Ports Association. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Guide to port entry. London: IHS Port Guides. 2 January 2018.
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