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Hưng Yên

Hưng Yên

City in Vietnam


Hưng Yên (listen) is a city in Vietnam. It is the provincial capital of Hưng Yên Province and is a third-graded city according to Vietnam's city classification table.

Quick Facts Thành phố Hưng Yên, Country ...

Geography

Demography

  • Population: 121,486 people (2008)

Administration

Hưng Yên administers 12 administrative divisions:

  • 7 wards (phường): Lê Lợi, Quang Trung, Minh Khai, Hiến Nam, Lam Sơn, Hồng Châu and An Tảo.
  • 5 communes (xã): Bảo Khê, Trung Nghĩa, Liên Phương, Hồng Nam and Quảng Châu.

Tourism

The city is well-known in the world (especially among historians) for Phố Hiến (an ancient port-city located in the area). There are still a lot of ancient Asian temples, pagodas and other religious buildings here.

Nhãn lồng (caged longan - a kind of fruit) is one of Hưng Yên's specialties.

Climate

More information Climate data for Hưng Yên, Month ...

See also


References

  1. "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).

20°39′N 106°04′E


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