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Phú Mỹ, Cà Mau

commune of Ca Mau province, Vietnam

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ10806022 ↗
Source-derived summary

Phú Mỹ is a commune (xã) and village in Cà Mau province, in Vietnam.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 1655/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the rearrangement of commune-level administrative units of Cà Mau Province in 2025 (the resolution takes effect from 16 June 2025). Accordingly, Phú Mỹ Commune was established in Cà Mau Province through the merger of the entire natural area of 43.20 km² with a population of 13,845 people of Phú Thuận Commune; the entire natural area of 44.6 km² with a population of 12,311 people of Phú Mỹ Commune, both belonging to Phú Tân District; and the adjustment of 0.007 km² in natural area with a population of 49 people from Hòa Mỹ Commune, Cái Nước District.

Editorial summary

“Phú Mỹ, Cà Mau” enters the record as commune of Ca Mau province, Vietnam. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what commune, province and Vietnam can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1655, 2025—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around commune, province and Vietnam.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Phú Mỹ, Cà Mau” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, commune, province and Vietnam provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10806022. Authority coordinates are 8.969, 104.894. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1655 and 2025.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Phú Mỹ, Cà Mau”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Phú Mỹ, Cà Mau primary sources, Phú Mỹ, Cà Mau archive and commune research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Phú Mỹ, Cà Mau”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Phú Mỹ, Cà Mau” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.