Ninh Hai is a district (huyện)

Districts of Vietnam

||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 of Ninh Thuan Province

Ninh Thuan Province

Ninh Thuận is a province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam .-History:The Cham principality of Panduranga had its center in Ninh Thuan Province, but also included much of what is now Binh Thuan Province. Panduranga became the political centre of Champa after the fall of Vijaya in 1471...

 in the South Centra Coast

Nam Trung Bo

Nam Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of the independent municipality of Đà Nẵng and seven other provinces. The two southern provinces Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận are sometimes seen as part of the Southeast region.The region has traditionally been one of the main gateways to...

 region of Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

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Geography

It is located along the coast of north-eastern Ninh Thuan, not far (though not bordering) from Cam Ranh

Cam Ranh

Cam Ranh is a city in southern Khanh Hoa province, in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is the second-largest city in the province, after Nha Trang. It is located on Cam Ranh Bay. As of 2009 the city had a population of 125.311. and covers an area of 316 km².Cam Ranh becomes the second...

 in Khanh Hoa Province

Khanh Hoa Province

Khánh Hòa is a province of Vietnam, located in the South Central Coast. It has a population of 1,066,300 and spans an area of 5,197 km². Its capital is Nha Trang...

. It has a border with the provincial capital Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm

Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm

Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm, also called Panduranga, is a new city in Vietnam and the capital of Ninh Thuan province. The community has a population of 161,000 , of which 91,000 live in the main city....

, Thuận Bắc District, and a short border Bác Ái District.

Most of the district is mountainous, especially in the eastern part along the coast. The highest elevation is Chua mountain (núi Chúa) at the border to Thuận Bắc District.

Nui Chua National Park

Nui Chua National Park

Nui Chua National Park is a national park in the province of Ninh Thuận Province, on the border with Khanh Hoa Province, Nam Trung Bo, Vietnam.....

 is located in Ninh Hai District.

Infrastructure

Provincial road 702 connects Vinh Hy in the north-east of the district to Phan Rang. National Road 1A and the north-south railway run through the west of the district. There is a small port in the north at Vinh Hy.

Demography

There is minority of Raglai people

Raglai people

The Raglai are an ethnic group of Vietnam. They are related to the Cham, with a population of approximately 97,000...

in the district. Some of them live in the mountains near Vinh Hy in the north-east.