Nghe An: Strange-sounding commune names after merger
(Baonghean.vn) - There will be some new commune-level administrative unit names that sound quite strange, such as: Chau Nhan, Long Xa, Dai Dong, Trung Phuc Cuong...
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| Delegates and people of Tuong Duong district visit the photo exhibition about the socio-economic achievements of Hoa Binh town. Photo: Cong Kien |
According to the Project on rearranging and merging commune-level administrative units in the period of 2019-2021 of Nghe An, the total number of communes to be merged in 2019 is 36. Accordingly, 16 communes must merge into 20 other communes to form 16 new communes. After the rearrangement, Nghe An will reduce from 480 commune-level administrative units to 460 units, including: 411 communes, 32 wards, and 17 towns.
In particular, in addition to forming new communes to meet the criteria of area and population, the merger also simultaneously creates new administrative units with quite strange names. For example, in Tuong Duong district, the name of Hoa Binh town will be replaced by Thach Giam town. In fact, this is the old name of Phu Tuong district.
In Thanh Chuong district, with the merger of 3 communes: Thanh Tuong, Thanh Van and Thanh Hung, a new commune named Dai Dong (old name of Dai Dong commune) will be formed with a natural area of 15.83km2.2, population 13,300 people.
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| After merging the communes: Nam Trung - Nam Phuc - Nam Cuong (Nam Dan), a new commune named: Trung Phuc Cuong will be formed. |
In Dien Chau, a new commune-level administrative unit named Minh Chau will appear on the basis of merging 3 communes: Dien Binh, Dien Minh, Dien Thang.
The new commune name with the most characters after the merger is probably: Trung Phuc Cuong. This is a combined name from the communes: Nam Trung - Nam Phuc - Nam Cuong of Nam Dan district.
Also in Nam Dan, there is a commune with a multi-syllable name, Thuong Tan Loc. Based on the common way of combining names, many people must know that this new commune was merged from the communes: Nam Thuong - Nam Tan - Nam Loc.
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| Hung Long Commune (Hung Nguyen) received the certificate of recognition for meeting new rural standards in 2017. Photo: Nguyen Hai |
The strangest sounding one is probably the commune: Long Xa. Actually, this new administrative unit was formed from the merger of two communes, Hung Long and Hung Xa, belonging to Hung Nguyen district. After the merger, Long Xa commune has a natural area of 7.9 km2.2, population 9,000 people.
Not only that, also in Hung Nguyen district, there is a new commune named Chau Nhan. This name is the result of the “resonance” between 2 communes: Hung Chau and Hung Nhan…