Can Duoc District

Cần Đước
—  District  —
Country	Vietnam
Region	Mekong Delta
Province	Long An Province
Capital	Can Duoc
Area
– Total	71.4 sq mi (185 km2)
Population (2003)
– Total	169,391
Time zone	UTC + 7 (UTC+7)

Can Duoc (Vietnamese: Cần Đước) is a district (huyện) of Long An Province in the Mekong River Delta region of Vietnam. Can duoc locates in the south of Long An. It covers an area of 205,504 km². The total population of the district is 160,000 people. The population desity is around 775 people/km².

Can Duoc is famous for its Nàng Thơm Chợ Đào Rice.

Divisions

The district is divided into communes:

Cần Đước (urban), Long Hựu Đông, Long Hựu Tây, Phước Đông, Tân Chánh, Tân Ân, Tân Lân, Mỹ Lệ, Phước Tuy, Long Trạch, Long Hoà, Tân trạch, Long Sơn, Phước Vân, Long Định, Long Cang, Long Khê

As of 2003 the district had a population of 169,391 .^[1] The district covers an area of 185 km². The district capital lies at Can Duoc.^[1]

History

At the beginning, Can Duoc was a small village located in a peninsula created by the Muong Ong Quynh and Rach Ben Ba distributary. In 1698, the present day Can Duoc belonged to fort Phien Tran. In 1808, it belonged to the town of Phien An. In 13th year of Minh Mang (1832), Can Duoc became part of Phuoc Loc county, phu (old subdivision of a province but larger than a county) Tan An, Gia Dinh province. In 1867, Can Duoc became a county itself when Phuoc Loc became a phu. In 1871, Phuc Loc was merged into Cho Lon province.

Located in center of Go Cong, Can Giuoc, and Saigon, Can Duoc is a major rice growing area. It became a major strong hold for Truong Dinh's guerrilla campaign in southern Vietnam. This campaign is one of the earlies rebellion against the French invasion in defiance of Emperor Tu Duc who signed the Treaty of Saigon which ceded the three southern provinces of Gia Dinh, Dinh Tuong and Bien Hoa to France. They became the colony of Cochinchina. Truong Dinh refused to recognise the treaty and continued his guerrilla attacks against French patrols and their Vietnamese collaborators. During this time, many Can Duoc natives became part of the guerrilla leadership. Thong binh duong Bui Quan Dieu, who command the famous battle of Can Giouc is from Can duoc. Nguyen Van Tien is another Can Duoc natives who lead server groups of guerrilla in the area. He was later captured and killed by the French. After the death of Truong Dinh on August 19, 1864, Can Duoc became part of another guerrilla campaign against the French authority which was led by Nguyen Trung Truc.

In the early 20th century, Can Duoc became parts of many nationalist movements such as Thiên Địa Hội or Nguyễn An Ninh society.

After the end of the First Indochina War, Can Duoc became a county part of the Cho Lon province in 1954 under the new state of South Vietnam. In 1956, Tan An and part of Cho Lon separated into a new province called Long An. Can Duoc then became a county part of the Long An province. The government divided Can Duoc into two districts: Can Duoc and Rach Kien.

After the end of the Second Indochina War (Vietnam War), Can Duoc restored it original boundary as it is today.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. http://www.statoids.com/yvn.html. Retrieved March 13, 2009.