Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm

**Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm**, commonly known as **Phan Rang**, is a city in Vietnam and the capital of Ninh Thuận Province.

## History

What is now Phan Rang was formerly known as **Panduranga**, a principality of Champa kingdom.

## Geography

Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm city is located in the center of Ninh Thuận province, 1,380 km south of Hanoi, 330 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, 95 km south of Nha Trang.

## Administration

Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm city is divided into 13 commune-level administrative units, including 12 wards and 1 commune

### Cham

Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm city has become a center for the maintenance of Cham culture. Much of the district is occupied by Cham people where they have rice paddies, orchards of grapes and peaches, flocks of goats and Brahman cattle.Their towers (the 'Thap') are beautiful memorials to their kings and queens. There are several Cham sites with dilapidated towers along the central coast of Vietnam and major sites in Mỹ Sơn and Nha Trang.

## Transport

Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm is located at the junction of National Routes 1A and 27; the former connects the town to Hanoi towards the north and Ho Chi Minh City to the south-west, while the latter crosses into the Central Highlands towards Buôn Ma Thuột.

The city is also connected to the North–South Railway at Tháp Chàm Railway Station; express passenger trains (SE1/2, SE5/6) stop regularly at the station.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm City
- **native name**: _Thành phố Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm_ (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese)
_Panduranga_ (Cham language, Cham)
- **settlement type**: Provincial city (Vietnam), City (Class-2)
- **image skyline**: Po Klong Garai.jpg
- **image caption**: Po Klong Garai Temple
- **pushpin map**: Vietnam#Southeast Asia#Asia
- **pushpin map caption**: Location of in Vietnam
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of Vietnam, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Ninh Thuận Province, Ninh Thuận
- **subdivision type2**: List of regions of Vietnam, Region
- **subdivision name2**: South Central Coast
- **area total km2**: 79.18
- **population as of**: 2023
- **population total**: 207,998
- **population density km2**: 2,626
- **established date**: 757, as Panduranga principality, by the Chams
- **established title**: plat, Founded
- **established title1**: municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date1**: 1917, as Phan Rang town, by Khải Định
- **established title2**: consolidated city-county, Consolidated
- **established date2**: 2007, as the City of Phan Rang - Tháp Chàm
- **utc offset**: +07:00
- **elevation m**: 9
- **elevation ft**: 29.53
- **area code**: 259
- **postal code**: 59000
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **registration plate**: 85-B1
- **population blank1**: *Vietnamese people, Vietnamese
*Cham people, Chams
- **population blank1 title**: Ethnicities
- **population urban**: 196,459
- **population rural**: 11,539
- **parts type**: List of districts of Vietnam, Subdivision
- **parts**: 12 wards, 1 commune
- **named for**: Panduranga (Champa), Panduranga and Po Klong Garai Temple
- **subdivision type3**: Headquarter
- **subdivision name3**: No. 6A, 21/8 Street, My Huong Ward
- **nickname**: Land of the towers