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Phú Riềng district

rural district of Binh Phuoc, Vietnam

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ16481054 ↗
Source-derived summary

Phú Riềng is a former rural district of Bình Phước province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

Phú Riềng district was formed from the southern portion of Bù Gia Mập district on May 11, 2015.

The district is subdivided to 8 rural communes: Bình Sơn, Bình Tân, Bù Nho, Long Bình, Long Hà, Long Hưng, Long Tân, Phú Riềng, Phú Trung, Phước Tân. The district capital lies at Bù Nho commune.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Phú Riềng district” as rural district of Binh Phuoc, Vietnam. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Riềng, district and rural.

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—2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2015-05-16. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Riềng, district and rural providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Phú Riềng district”, the useful work is to connect “rural district of Binh Phuoc, Vietnam” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16481054. Authority coordinates are 11.733, 106.896. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2015.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. 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.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

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 Riềng district”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Phú Riềng district primary sources, Phú Riềng district archive and Riềng 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 Riềng district”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Phú Riềng district” 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.