Sầm Sơn City Thành phố Sầm Sơn | |
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 A part of Sầm Sơn beach in 2010. | |
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  Sầm Sơn City Thành phố Sầm Sơn Location of Sầm Sơn in Vietnam. | |
| Coordinates:19°44′N105°54′E / 19.733°N 105.900°E /19.733; 105.900 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Thanh Hóa Province |
| Establishment | 18 December 1981 |
| Central hall | No.505, Lê Lợi street, Quảng Châu ward, Sầm Sơn city |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • People Committee's Chairman | Lê Văn Tú |
| • People Council's chairman | Lê Trung Thành |
| • Front Committee's chairman | Nguyễn Minh Tâm |
| • Party Committee's Secretary | Lương Tất Thắng |
| Area | |
| 44.94 km2 (17.35 sq mi) | |
| Population (2022) | |
| 129,801 | |
| • Density | 2,888/km2 (7,480/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 109,897 |
| • Metro | 19,904 |
| • Ethnicities | Kinh Mường Tanka |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
| ZIP code | 40208 |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Website | Samson.Thanhhoa.gov.vn Samson.Thanhhoa.dcs.vn |
Sầm Sơn [sə̤m˨˩:səːn˧˧] is aresort city ofThanh Hóa province in theNorth Central Coast ofVietnam.
Before the 20th century, Sầm Sơn never appeared in anygeographical map. It was originally the name of a small mountain in the Southern waters ofQuảng Xương district. Theseafarers called it as the growling mountain (núi Gầm), which referred to the sound of thewaves hitting the cliff. Later,local officials wrote the name inChinese characters as 岑山[note 1] (pronouncedSầm Sơn in Vietnamese).
The official name of this mountain is Trường Lệ (長麗山, "the beautiful mountain"). This name was only used at theNguyễn court, rarely by the common people. It has become the name of a fishing village in the area, which was not called so by the locals.
Starting from the location of Trường Lệ village, French explorers conducted a number of surveys for two years 1905 and 1906 to prepare for a project of theGovernment of French Indochina.
From 1907 to close to theFirst World War,Sầm Sơn resort area (khu nghỉ mát Sầm Sơn) was gradually planned to become the only modernresort in the current zone of theNorth Central of Vietnam.[1] Sầm Sơn became a famous place in what was thenFrench Indochina. At that time, many holidayvillas were constructed here. However, local services were basically expensive, so they were almost only serving national leaders, officials and entrepreneurs.
After theAugust Revolution, the Samson resort official called asLương Niệm commune (xã Lương Niệm). By June 1946, Lương Niệm was split into two new communes : Sầm Sơn and Bắc Sơn. However, on November 1947, Bắc Sơn and Sầm Sơn were re-merged asQuảng Tiến commune (xã Quảng Tiến), belonged Quảng Xương rural district.
The rare notable event of this resort is, in 1946, when PresidentHồ Chí Minh invited the Former EmperorBảo Đại toHanoi as the Senior Advisor, the King resided in Sầm Sơn a few months before coming to Hong Kong. The press of the opposing forces withViệt Minh then satirized that "Vietnam's royal capital moved to Sầm Sơn".
Immediately after theGeneva Agreement (1954), Lạch Hới port of Quảng Tiến commune (now Quảng Tiến ward, Sầm Sơn city) was chosen by theViệt Minh government to be one of the two places to welcome thesouth people to migrate to theNorth.
On June 1954, Quảng Tiến was continued to split into four new communes as Quảng Cư, Quảng Sơn, Quảng Tiến and Quảng Tường by the Việt Minh government.
On 19 April 1963, based on the area of Sầm Sơn resort and Quảng Sơn commune, theGovernment of North Vietnam issued Decision 50/CP to establishSầm Sơn township (thị trấn Sầm Sơn). In the following years, Sầm Sơn was constantly planned and upgraded to become a free resort for the working class under the help of experts from theSoviet Union,Bulgaria andChina. According to contemporary regulations, in addition togovernment officials, only those who achieve high results inlearning andlabor are allowed to take vacation on this beach. However, due to the harshclimate ofThanh Hóa province, Sầm Sơn was almost only opened to visitors from the middle of spring (February or April) to the end of autumn (October). Besides, until the end of 1980s, all transaction forms of money were banned in this area by the government, which was considered "the remnant of evilcapitalism".
In April and May 2007 Sầm Sơn celebrated the 100th anniversary of its establishment by organizing a Sầm Sơn Festival. The Thanh Hóa provincial government invested US$375,000 to upgrade infrastructure along the sea, on water supply, lighting systems and an information network to prepare for the festival. About 22 training courses were organized for 3,000 cyclists, cameramen, vendors and tourist guides.
As of 2019 the district-level town had a population of 109,208.[2][3] The district covers an area of 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi).[3]
From 14 May 2015 the town was extended on the basis of the merger of six communes ofQuang Xuong District.
From 19 April 2017 this town was upgraded to city.[4]
Sầm Sơn city is situated 16 km east ofThanh Hóa province capital,Thanh Hóa, on the shore of theSouth China Sea.
| Climate data for Sầm Sơn | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) | — | 29.9 (85.8) | 36.3 (97.3) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36.3 (97.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.1 (89.8) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 29.6 (85.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 24.7 (76.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 26.6 (79.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 24.2 (75.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.0 (66.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.6 (78.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 22.0 (71.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 8.5 (47.3) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.1 (43.0) | 5.7 (42.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 62 (2.4) | 46 (1.8) | 61 (2.4) | 67 (2.6) | 147 (5.8) | 153 (6.0) | 221 (8.7) | 316 (12.4) | 375 (14.8) | 249 (9.8) | 87 (3.4) | 61 (2.4) | 1,845 (72.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
19°44′N105°54′E / 19.733°N 105.900°E /19.733; 105.900
Districts ofNorth Central Coast of Vietnam | ||
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| Thanh Hóa province |  | |
| Nghệ An province | ||
| Hà Tĩnh province | ||
| Quảng Bình province | ||
| Quảng Trị province | ||
| Huế |
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※ denotes provincial seat. | ||