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Hoi An Ancient Town*
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Vietnam
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, v
Reference	948
Region†	Asia-Pacific
Inscription history
Inscription	1999 (23rd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Hội An pronunciation (help·info) is a small city on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex As of 2008 there are a total of 878 World Heritage Sites located in 145 "State Parties" Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia, Australia and the Pacific ( Australia) A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex The South China Sea is a Marginal sea south of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Nam Trung Bộ (in English "South Central Coast" is one of the regions of Vietnam. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially It is located in the Quảng Nam province and is home to approximately 88,000 inhabitants. Quang Nam ( Quảng Nam;) is a province on the South Central Coast of Vietnam.

The city possessed the largest harbour in Southeast Asia in the 1st Century and was known as Lâm Ấp Phố (Champa City).

Triều Châu Assembly Hall

The former harbour town of the Champa people at the estuary of the Thu Bon river was an important Vietnamese trading centre in the 16^th and 17^th centuries, where Chinese from various provinces as well as Japanese, Dutch and Indians settled down. The kingdom of Champa ( Chăm Pa in Vietnamese or Chiêm Thành in Hán Việt records was an Indianized kingdom and controlled what An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country During this period of the China trade, the town was called Hai Pho (Seaside Town) in Vietnamese. Originally Hai Pho was a divided town, because across the "Japanese Bridge", it used to be the Japanese settlement (16th-17th century). The bridge (Chùa cầu) is a unique covered structure built by the Japanese, the only known covered bridge with a Buddhist pagoda attached to one side. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered Tower with multiple Eaves common in China, Japan, Korea

The town is known to the French and Spanish as Faifo, and by similar names in Portuguese and Dutch. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname A number of theories have been put forth as to the origin of this name. Some scholars have suggested that it comes from the word "hải-phố" (海浦) meaning "sea town", while others have said that it seems more likely to simply be a shortening of Hội An-phố (會安浦), "the town of Hoi An", to "Hoi-pho" which became "Faifo". ^[1]

Beach at Hoi An

Symbol of Hội An Ancient Town

In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15^th to 19^th centuries, whose buildings display a unique blend of local and foreign influences. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar

Today, Hội An is still a small city, but it attracts a fair number of tourists, also being a well established place on the backpacker trail. Many visit for the numerous art and craft shops and tailors, who produce made-to-measure clothes for a fraction of the western price. A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them ^[2] Several Internet cafés, bars and restaurants have opened along the riverfront. Some popular evening venues, especially with Western visitors, are Tam Tam's restaurant and bar, the Before and Now bar on Le Loi, the Mango restaurant as well as the Salsa on the other side of the river.
Hoi An is famed for its centuries old Cao Lau noodle, which can only be uniquely served here.

1 Museums
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

Museums

Building in Hoi An's old quarter

The city has various small museums highlighting the history of the region, especially ceramics:

References

^ Chen, Chingho. The Sa Huynh Culture Museum (Vietnamese Bảo tàng Văn hóa Sa Huỳnh is located in Hội An, in the Quang Nam Province of central Vietnam. The Museum of Trade Ceramics is located in Hội An, central Vietnam. Historical Notes on Hội-An (Faifo). Carbondale, Illinois: Center for Vietnamese Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1974. p10.
^ Vietnam bu Nick Ray, Wendy Yanagihara [1] pp. 242-3

External links

The history of Vietnam begins around 2700 years ago Successive dynasties based in China ruled Vietnam directly for most of the period from 111 BC until 938 Cao lầu is a soup made with Noodles Pork, and greens that can be found only in the town of Hội An The Hoi An Wreck lies 22 miles off the coast of central Vietnam in the South China Sea. Wikitravel is a Web -based project "to create a free, complete up-to-date and reliable worldwide travel guide.

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