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Contents 1 Han Tu 2 U.S. air base 3 Capital of Da Nang 4 Population 5 Rail to port?

[edit] Han Tu

Are the han tu 峴港? Badagnani 02:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Napoleon III of France renamed the city as Tourane (沱灢). 峴港 (was Nghiễn Cảng[1]) seems to be a former name?? -✉ Hello World! 06:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Tourane is the French corruption of "Cửa Hàn", a port nearby. The name Da Nang is of non-Chinese origin. DHN 16:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

If not of Chinese origin, then from which original language? Badagnani 17:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

According to "Hỏi đáp về Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng" [Questions and Answers about Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng] by Bùi Minh Quốc, Đà Nẵng originated from the Cham word Da Nak, meaning "opening of big river". DHN 17:22, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

That's good info. Can you add this to the article? Badagnani 06:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

The name "Nghiễn Cảng/峴港" I've seen only on Chinese maps. I believe this is a Chinese apellation. I've never seen any Vietnamese text referring to that name as an alternate to "Cửa Hàn/Đà Nẵng". Duyet-pho 20:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Somewhere, at some time in the past, I was given to believe that 峴港 was a name originally given by the Japanese. Not sure how you would confirm it.

Bathrobe (talk) 16:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

It is plausible that the name was given by the Japanese. Hoi An use to be the major city/ trading town in the area. Mass Japanese people lived in the region...Very probable. Should there be some mention about Hoi An and its link to Da Nang? Moreover, people started settling in Da Nang instead of Hoi An in the early 20th century... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.180.211.18 (talk) 12:49, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. air base

Do we have an article for the U.S. air base that was there during the Vietnam War? Badagnani (talk) 20:18, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Found it. Badagnani (talk) 20:37, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Capital of Da Nang

Regarding the article Da Nang, I've recently edited this page by removing the Capital field from it. I'm wondering why it was reverted. Da Nang is a city of Vietnam, and it does not have a capital. Also, the field is blank at the moment, so what purpose does it serve there? Just wondering... Vietknight (talk) 23:51, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

There is a difference between Da Nang city and Da Nang Province. Da Nang city is the capital of Da Nang Province. Vietknight (talk) 17:43, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Population

I am no expert of Vietnam except that I have a father who is Cantonese born and raised in Saigon. But I also know of another town in Vietnam called Can Tho. This article's geography section claims that Da Nang is the fourth largest city in Vietnam. Wouldn't Can Tho be bigger? The article blatantly states that they have over a million people. Also, this article is in serious need of references. ★Dasani★ 08:44, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Haiphong stands second with 1 million people. Da nang only has 700,000. Can Tho province had 1 million before split in half. The city proper has only 300-400,000 people. --79.68.131.63 (talk) 05:31, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Rail to port?

"The city is a major station of the Unification Train system."

But is Da Nang Port served by rail? Tabletop (talk) 05:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)