Kim Sơn district

{{Expand Vietnamese|topic=geo|date=March 2009|Kim Sơn (huyện)}}

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| native_name = Huyện Kim Sơn

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| subdivision_name1 = Red River Delta

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| subdivision_name2 = Ninh Bình

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| seat = Phát Diệm

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Kim Sơn ({{audio|Kim Son.ogg|listen|help=no}}) is a rural district of Ninh Bình province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 171,660.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yvn.html|title=Districts of Vietnam|publisher=Statoids|access-date=March 20, 2009}} The district covers an area of 165 km². The district capital lies at Phát Diệm.

Gallery

{{Gallery

|File:Caungoininhbinh.jpg|Tile-roofed bridge

|File:Kimsonk8.JPG|Bell hall of the Phát Diệm Cathedral

|File:phatdiemk-8.jpg|The Cathedral

|File:16th century stone angel in Phat Diem cathedral.jpg|An angel carving

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References

{{Commonscat|Kim Son District}}

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite web |author1=Kim Ân |title=Quê hương yêu dấu |url=http://www.vietcatholic.org/News/html/248422.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201230703/http://www.phatdiem.org/Portal/Desktop.aspx?tabid=221&Culture=vi-VN&catID=1313&entryID=8378 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |date=January 2019}}

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{{Districts of Red River Delta}}

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Category:Districts of Ninh Bình province