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Ha Tien
Ha Tien is a seaside town in Kien Giang Province in Southern Vietnam. It is at the west end of the Mekong Delta close to the Cambodian border. Although a tourist spot, it doesn't see many western visitors due to its remoteness.
In 1829-published Atlas Universel by Pierre M. Lapie, this territory was named as Cancao ou Pontiamo (lit : "Cảng-khẩu or Phương-thành"). Some Modern Chinese and Vietnamese documents called the area the Kingdom of Hatien (河仙王國).
- Pre-1680 : Akadra (Ptolemy's world map) of Nokor Phnom, Banteay Meas District (ស្រុកបន្ទាយមាស ; lit : "golden ramparts") of Cambodia, referred to the bamboo fortifications once used about the town. Many works incorrectly referred to Banteay Meas District as "Panthaimas", the early name of the district in which it was located. It was variously spelled as Panday-mas (in Khmer), Ponteamass (in English), Fong-sing (芳城), Phủ Sài-mạt (in Annamese), Phutthaimat (พุทไธมาศ) or Banthaimat (บันทายมาศ), Ponthiamas or Pontheaymas (in French), Pontiano (in Robert's Map, 1751), Pontiamo (in Lapie's Map, 1829), Panthai-mas, Bantaimas, Pontiamas, Pontaimas, Bantay-mas, Banteay M'eas, Pontiamas, Pontiamasse, Po-taimat, and infinite other variations.[2]
- About 1680 : Góng-háu gwok (港口國 / pronunciation : Cắn-khẩu quấc, Cắn-kháo quấc, Cắn-cáo quấc...). In international script as Cancao or Cancar,[3] Khmer language Peam (ពាម / "river mouth") and ancient Annamese Máng-khảm or Giang-thành[4] (江城), international Manscape.
- 1724 : Long-hồ dinh (龍湖營 / Long-hồ barrack) of Nam Hà. Long-hồ is the Annamese pronunciation of Góng-háu.[5]
- 1735 : Hà-tiên trấn (河僊镇[6] / Town of River Fairy) with one military governor (ឧកញ៉ា / Uknhea). Popular name in old world maps as Hà-tiên quốc (河仙國).
- 1832 : Hà-tiên tỉnh (河仙省[7] / Province of River Fairy) of the Nguyễn dynasty.
- 1956 : Hà Tiên (河仙郡 / Quận Hà-tiên) and Phú Quốc (富國郡 / Quận Phú-quốc) of Kien Giang province (Republic of Vietnam).
- 1975 : Hà Tiên, Phú Quốc and Châu Thành A District (周城A縣 / Huyện Châu-thành A) of Long Châu Hà province (Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam).
- 1998 : Hà Tiên (河仙市社 / Thị-xã Hà-tiên) of Kien Giang province (Socialist Republic of Vietnam).
- 2018 : Hà Tiên (河仙市 / Thành-phố Hà-tiên) of Kien Giang province (modern Vietnam).
Ha Tien is the site of a large cement plant. (The cement plant is actually in Kien Luong, which is 22 km south of Ha Tien). Its history goes back to the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), where it was one of the largest industrial projects when construction was started in April 1961.
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