Kỳ Anh is a rural district of Hà Tĩnh province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

By Thiều Chửu and Lê Chí Quế's researches, its name Kỳ-anh or Kỳ-la (old) in Hanese text was originated from Malayo-Polynesian name Keluar.

It is an ancient word what the gossip indicates the interlaced seaports in the North-central of modern Vietnam.

The district capital lies at Kỳ Anh town.

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