Nậm Nhùn district

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District in Northwest, Vietnam

Nậm Nhùn district Huyện Nậm Nhùn
District
Country	Vietnam
Region	Northwest
Province	Lai Châu
Capital	Nậm Nhùn
Area
• Total	535.94 sq mi (1,388.08 km²)
Population (2012)
• Total	24,165^[1]
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)

Nậm Nhùn is a rural district of Lai Châu province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. As of 2012, the district had a population of 24,165.^[2] The district covers an area of 1,388.08 km². The district capital lies at Nậm Nhùn.

Nậm Nhùn district was formed from portions of Mường Tè district and Sìn Hồ district under Act No.71/NQ-CP/2012 of the Government of Vietnam on November 2, 2012.^[1]

The district is subdivided to 11 commune-level subdivisions, including Nậm Nhùn township and the rural communes of: Hua Bum, Mường Mô, Nậm Chà, Nậm Hàng, Nậm Manh, Pú Đao, Lê Lợi, Nậm Pì, Nậm Ban and Trung Chải.

Geography

The district lies in the western part of Lai Châu Province, to the west of Sìn Hồ district and to the east of Mường Tè district.^[3] Nậm Nhùn town is the site of the Lai Châu Dam, inaugurated on December 20, 2016.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Act No. 71/NQ-CP of the Government: Adjusting administrative boundaries to form new communes and districts in Lai Chau Province".
^ "Districts of Vietnam". Districts of Vietnam. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
^ Lai Chau Administrative Map (Map).
^ "Inauguration of Lai Chau hydropower project". EVNICT. EVN. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
^ "The Saigon Times: Hai vấn đề nóng của thủy điện Lai Châu". Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
^ "Work on Vietnam's third largest hydropower plant begins". Thanh Nien. Intellasia News Services. 2011-01-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-22.