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
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Ninh Bình
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Phát Diệm
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| population_total = 171,660
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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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