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'''Bạc Liêu''' ({{Audio|Bac Lieu.ogg|listen|help=no}}) town is the capital of the ] in the ] region in southern ]. It is a medium-sized town with a population of approximately 150,000. The old name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi. | '''Bạc Liêu''' ({{Audio|Bac Lieu.ogg|listen|help=no}}) town is the capital of the ] in the ] region in southern ]. It is a medium-sized town with a population of approximately 150,000. The old name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi. | ||
==History== | |||
In the 1950s the area was a centre of ]'s ] religion.<ref>Vietnam: a Dragon Embattled: From colonialism to the Vietminh Joseph Buttinger - 1967 "Although Bac Lieu was a considerable distance from the sites of great Hoa Hao strength, the town soon became "a center of pilgrimage from which spread messages of religious but also of anti-French inspiration." 49 For his followers, Huynh ..."</ref> | |||
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Country | Vietnam |
Province | Bạc Liêu |
Bạc Liêu (listen) town is the capital of the Bac Lieu province in the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam. It is a medium-sized town with a population of approximately 150,000. The old name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi.
History
In the 1950s the area was a centre of Huỳnh Phú Sổ's Hòa Hảo religion.
References
- Vietnam: a Dragon Embattled: From colonialism to the Vietminh Joseph Buttinger - 1967 "Although Bac Lieu was a considerable distance from the sites of great Hoa Hao strength, the town soon became "a center of pilgrimage from which spread messages of religious but also of anti-French inspiration." 49 For his followers, Huynh ..."
9°17′N 105°43′E / 9.283°N 105.717°E / 9.283; 105.717
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