Vụ Bản District

Vu Ban District Huyện Vụ Bản
Rural district
Country	Vietnam
Region	Red River Delta
Province	Nam Định
Capital	Goi
Area
• Total	57 sq mi (148 km^2)
Population (2003)
• Total	130,672
Time zone	Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Vụ Bản is a rural district of Nam Định Province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 130,672.^[1] The district covers an area of 148 km². The district capital lies at Gôi.^[1] The district includes the Vân Cát temple^[2] During the 1920s the area was administered by the Vụ Bản district mandarin.^[3]

References

1. "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
2. Patta Kitiarsa Religious Commodifications in Asia: Marketing Gods 2008 Page 164 "Thus it helped legitimate mediumship practices in the temple but it was simultaneously useful in a competition for primacy with nearby Vân Cát temple which makes part of the same complex of temples in Vụ Bản district, Nam Định province."
3. Andrew David Hardy Red Hills: Migrants and the State in the Highlands of Vietnam 2005 Page 114 "NAV1/RND 3200, Mr Vũ Ung (Cờ Bàn village) to Vụ Bản district mandarin (Nam Định), 4 September 1924"

Coordinates: 20°22′59″N 106°07′01″E / 20.383°N 106.117°E