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Phan Rí Cửa Thị trấn Phan Rí Cửa | |
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| Phan Rí Cửa township | |
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  Phan Rí Cửa | |
| Coordinates:11°10′26″N108°33′58″E / 11.17389°N 108.56611°E /11.17389; 108.56611 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Southeast |
| Province | Bình Thuận |
| District | Tuy Phong District |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.77 sq mi (14.94 km2) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 45,805 |
| • Density | 7,940/sq mi (3,066/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (UTC + 7) |
Phan Rí Cửa is atownship ofTuy Phong District,Bình Thuận Province.[1]
The namePhan Rí is aVietnamese transliteration of theCham wordPanrik; whileCửa is a Vietnamese word that, in this context, means 'port'.
Phan Rí Cửa was the capital ofPrincipality of Thuận Thành in the past.
After 1975, Phan Ri Cửa was a commune ofBắc Bình district. On March 13, 1979, Vietnamese government upgraded Phan Rí Cửa commune into Phan Ri Cửa township.
On December 30, 1982, Bắc Binh district was divided into two districts, Bắc Bình andTuy Phong, Phan Ri Cửa township belonged to Tuy Phong district.[2]
On December 16, 2011, theMinistry of Construction recognized Phan Ri Cửa township as a Class-4 urban area.[3] On November 21, 2019, the township annexed the rural commune of Hòa Phú.
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