La Gi

La Gi or Lagi is a town of Bình Thuận province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

Lagi town Thị xã Lagi
County-level town (Class-3)
Thầy Thím palace.
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Country	Vietnam
Region	South Central Coast
Province	Bình Thuận
Establishment	October 22, 1956
Central hall	No.26, Hoàng Diệu road, Tân An ward, Lagi town
Government
• Type	Town
• People Committee's Chairman	Phạm Trọng Nhân
• People Council's Chairman	Tôn Thất Muộn
• Front Committee's Chairman	Võ Minh Vương
• Party Committee's Secretary	Nguyễn Hồng Pháp
Area
• Total	185.37 km2 (71.57 sq mi)
Population  (December 31, 2022)
• Total	108,519
• Density	585/km2 (1,520/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Kinh Tanka Champa
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)
ZIP code	800000–17000[note 1]
Website	Lagi.Binhthuan.gov.vn Lagi.Binhthuan.dcs.vn

History

Its name La Gi or Lagi [laː˧˧:ɣi˧˧] in Kinh language was originated from ladik^[1] [laː˧˧:ɗɨt˧˥] in Cham language, which means "swamp" to reflect the situation of this area before the 1960s.

Under the Republic of Vietnam regime, La Gi was the provincial capital of Bình Tuy province (present-day western Bình Thuận Province). After the Vietnam War, it became the capital of Hàm Tân District. It was established in 2005 with the split of La Gi away from Hàm Tân District.

Geography

Currently, Lagi town is subdivided into :

• 5 wards : Tân An, Phước Hội, Phước Lộc, Tân Thiện and Bình Tân.
• 4 communes : Tân Phước, Tân Tiến, Tân Hải and Tân Bình.

Lagi borders with Hàm Tân District in the north and west, Hàm Thuận Nam District in the east and the East Sea in the south. It is also on the coastal road from Bình Châu via Lộc An beach to Phước Hải, Đất Đỏ.^{[note 2]}