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| Hưng Yên Phố Hiến | |
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| Provincial city (Class-3) | |
| Hưng Yên City Thành phố Hưng Yên | |
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  Hưng YênLocation of in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 20°39′N 106°04′E / 20.650°N 106.067°E / 20.650; 106.067 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Hưng Yên |
| Government | |
| • Chairman of People's Committee | Đỗ Xuân Tuyên |
| Area | |
| • Total | 73.4207 km (28.3479 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 147,275 |
| • Density | 2,005.9/km (5,195/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
| Climate | Cwa |
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.
History
Hưng Yên city was originally the expansion of Phố Hiến (Hiến Street), a river port that appeared earliest in the 16th century.
Phố Hiến has a position as a place where Sơn Nam garrison's government was located. However, its area ws relatively small. It only consists of a public authority, Xích Đằng Literary Temple and a few markets. During several centuries, this location was an important gateway of the commercial platform in Đông Kinh.
It was not until the French set a protective regime that Phố Hiến was expanded to Hưng Yên town (thị xã Hưng Yên).
Geography
- Hưng Yên is a delta city. It is located in the south of Hưng Yên Province, on the left bank (north bank) of the Red River in the northern part of Vietnam. Hưng Yên is about 60 km away from Hanoi.
- Hưng Yên borders Kim Động District to the north and Tiên Lữ District to the east. The Red River is the natural boundary between Hưng Yên and Hà Nam Province's Lý Nhân District and Duy Tiên District.
- Area: 46.80 km (4,685.51 ha)
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.
Culture
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 (fruit of dragon eye) is one of Hưng Yên's specialties.
Climate
| Climate data for Hưng Yên | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.0 (89.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
37.6 (99.7) |
41.2 (106.2) |
39.4 (102.9) |
40.5 (104.9) |
40.5 (104.9) |
38.7 (101.7) |
36.6 (97.9) |
36.4 (97.5) |
34.5 (94.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 27.1 (1.07) |
25.1 (0.99) |
46.8 (1.84) |
86.4 (3.40) |
174.1 (6.85) |
206.2 (8.12) |
220.2 (8.67) |
277.1 (10.91) |
252.5 (9.94) |
169.2 (6.66) |
71.7 (2.82) |
23.6 (0.93) |
1,580.7 (62.23) |
| Average rainy days | 9.1 | 12.4 | 16.6 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 10.7 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 145.0 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84.3 | 87.1 | 89.2 | 89.1 | 85.6 | 83.1 | 83.8 | 86.7 | 86.2 | 83.7 | 82.2 | 81.5 | 85.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 69.1 | 41.4 | 44.4 | 88.9 | 178.3 | 174.0 | 192.4 | 168.0 | 166.1 | 155.5 | 131.4 | 112.2 | 1,521.8 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology | |||||||||||||
See also
Notes and references
20°39′N 106°04′E / 20.650°N 106.067°E / 20.650; 106.067
| Districts of the Red River Delta | ||
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| Hanoi city |
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| Haiphong city | ||
| Bắc Ninh province | ||
| Hà Nam province | ||
| Hải Dương province |
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| Hưng Yên province | ||
| Nam Định province | ||
| Ninh Bình province | ||
| Thái Bình province | ||
| Vĩnh Phúc province | ||
| denotes provincial seat. | ||