Facts About Quy Nhon
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Quy Nhơn is a coastal city in Bình Định Province in central Vietnam.
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Quy Nhon is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of 284 km2.
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The town of Quy Nhơn was officially founded in the late 18th century, although its origins stretch back much further to the 11th-century Champa culture, the Tây Sơn dynasty and the 18th-century seaport of Thị Nại.
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The city is renowned as the birthplace of 18th century Vietnamese emperor Nguyễn Huệ and, more recently, had a large American military presence during the Vietnam War.
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Quy Nhơn is the capital of Bình Định Province.
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Quy Nhơn has a varied topography, being extremely diversified with mountains and forests, hills, fields, salt marshes, plains, lagoons, lakes, rivers, shorelines, peninsulas and islands.
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The estimated population of Qui Nhon 457,400.
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Quy Nhơn has two universities: Quy Nhơn University and Quang Trung University.
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Quy Nhơn is home to multiple Vietnamese domestically famous dishes: Bánh xèo tôm nhảy, Bánh hỏi cháo lòng, Bún chả cá & Chả ram tôm đất.
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Quy Nhon has a total area of 284.28 km²
