The South Central Coast includes 8 provinces, in order from the north to the south: Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Phú Yên, Khánh Hòa, Ninh Thuận and Bình Thuận. In Nguyễn dynasty, this area was known as Tả Trực Kỳ (the area located in the right of Thừa Thiên).