Đàng Trong ( chữ Nôm: 唐冲, lit. "Inner Circuit"), also known as Nam Hà (, "South of the

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"), was the South region of Vietnam, under the lordship of the Nguyễn clan, later enlarged by the Vietnamese southward expansion. The word ''Đàng Trong'' first appeared in the '' Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum'' by Alexandre de Rhodes. Contemporary European sources called it

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or Quinam. During the 17th century and almost all the 18th century, Đàng Trong was a ''de facto'' independent kingdom ruled by the

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while they claimed to be loyal subjects of the Lê emperors in Thăng Long (Hanoi). It was bordered by Đàng Ngoài along the Linh River (modern Gianh River in Quảng Bình Province). Nguyễn rulers titled themselves as ''Chúa'' ( chữ Nôm: 主,lit. "Lord") instead of ''Vua'' ( chữ Nôm: 𤤰,lit. "King") until Lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát officially claimed the title ''Vũ Vương'' ( chữ Nôm: 武王,lit."Martial King") in 1744. The country did not have an official name ('), foreigners often called it the kingdom of Quảng Nam (

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: 廣南國; Vietnamese: ''Quảng Nam quốc''), after the Quảng Nam Governorate where the important harbor Hội An (Faifo) located.'' Việt Nam sử lược'', vol. 2, chap. 6

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dang Trong Historical geography of Vietnam

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