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21°08′N 105°30′E / 21.133°N 105.500°E / 21.133; 105.500

Sơn Tây Thị xã Sơn Tây
Town (Class-3)
Sơn Tây Town
Sơn TâyLocation of Sơn Tây in Vietnam
Coordinates: 21°8′N 105°30′E / 21.133°N 105.500°E / 21.133; 105.500
Country	Vietnam
Municipalities	Hanoi
Area
• Total	113.5 km (43.8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	230,577
• Density	2,031/km (5,260/sq mi)

Sơn Tây (listen) is a district-level town ("thị xã") in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It was the capital of Sơn Tây province before merging with Hà Đông province to form Hà Tây province in 1965. Sơn Tây lies 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the capital Hanoi. It had a city status in Hà Tây province. However, when Hà Tây was absorbed into Hanoi, Sơn Tây was demoted from a city to a town.

It is often referred to as “soldier town” due to the proliferation of army barracks and military institutions that surrounds the town, including the Vietnamese People's Army Infantry Academy.

Sơn Tây's future is seen as being very much that of a satellite city of Hanoi and as a result there are plans to relocate universities and other public facilities to Sơn Tây where land is cheaper and more plentiful. The government has planned to complete this project by duplicating the main Hanoi—Sơn Tây carriageway which is expected to be completed in 2009.

History

• Sơn Tây citadel, 1884
• A Vietnamese cash coin with the characters Sơn Tây (山西) written on it from right-to-left. This coin was produced by the Sơn Tây Mint.
• Drawing of Sơn Tây citadel in the Nguyễn dynasty

Sơn Tây is known for its thousand year old villages, such as Đường Lâm which retains a collection of vernacular architecture with buildings and temples built using laterite bricks. Và Temple, or Đông Cung, dedicated to Tản Viên, is located on a hill covered with ironwood trees in Vân Giã hamlet, Trung Hưng commune. Phạm Văn Đổng, a general of the Saigon regime, was from Sơn Tây.

Climate

Administrative divisions

The town of Sơn Tây occupies most of the district, and is subdivided in wards. Eight wards form the urban core, while Xuân Khanh, to the west, is a distant ward, discontinuous with the central area. The district also includes six rural communes: Cổ Đông, Đường Lâm, Kim Sơn, Sơn Đông, Thanh Mỹ, and Xuân Sơn.

See also

• Sơn Tây Campaign
• Operation Ivory Coast

References

1. Proposal to re-establish Sơn Tây City
2. Minh Trị Lưu - Historical remains & beautiful places of Hanoi and the surrounding areas - Page 204 2000 "Và Temple locates on a hill covered with green of old-age ironwood trees in Vân Gia hamlet, Trung Hưng ward, Sơn Tây town. Và Temple is differently called Đông Cung (East palace), dedicating to God Tản Viên"
3. "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).

External links

• Duong Lam village travel guide and tips
• Cổng thông tin Người Sơn Tây
• Diễn đàn Người Sơn Tây
• Hanoi province and its subdivisions

v t e Districts of the Red River Delta
Hanoi city	Urban districts Ba Đình Bắc Từ Liêm Cầu Giấy Đống Đa Hà Đông Hai Bà Trưng Hoàn Kiếm Hoàng Mai Long Biên Nam Từ Liêm Tây Hồ Thanh Xuân Sơn Tây town Ba Vì Chương Mỹ Đan Phượng Đông Anh Gia Lâm Hoài Đức Mê Linh Mỹ Đức Phú Xuyên Phúc Thọ Quốc Oai Sóc Sơn Thanh Oai Thạch Thất Thanh Trì Thường Tín Ứng Hòa
Haiphong city	Urban districts An Dương Dương Kinh Đồ Sơn Hải An Hồng Bàng Kiến An Lê Chân Ngô Quyền Thủy Nguyên city An Lão Bạch Long Vĩ Cát Hải Kiến Thụy Tiên Lãng Vĩnh Bảo
Bắc Ninh province	Bắc Ninh city Từ Sơn city Quế Võ town Thuận Thành town Gia Bình Lương Tài Tiên Du Yên Phong
Hà Nam province	Phủ Lý city Duy Tiên town Bình Lục Kim Bảng Lý Nhân Thanh Liêm
Hải Dương province	Chí Linh city Hải Dương city Kinh Môn town Bình Giang Cẩm Giàng Gia Lộc Kim Thành Nam Sách Ninh Giang Thanh Hà Thanh Miện Tứ Kỳ
Hưng Yên province	Hưng Yên city Mỹ Hào town Ân Thi Khoái Châu Kim Động Phù Cừ Tiên Lữ Văn Giang Văn Lâm Yên Mỹ
Nam Định province	Nam Định city Giao Thủy Hải Hậu Nam Trực Nghĩa Hưng Trực Ninh Vụ Bản Xuân Trường Ý Yên
Ninh Bình province	Ninh Bình city Tam Điệp city Gia Viễn Hoa Lư Kim Sơn Nho Quan Yên Khánh Yên Mô
Thái Bình province	Thái Bình city Đông Hưng Hưng Hà Kiến Xương Quỳnh Phụ Thái Thụy Tiền Hải Vũ Thư
Vĩnh Phúc province	Phúc Yên city Vĩnh Yên city Bình Xuyên Lập Thạch Sông Lô Tam Đảo Tam Dương Vĩnh Tường Yên Lạc
denotes provincial seat.

v t e Hanoi
Urban districts	Ba Đình Bắc Từ Liêm Cầu Giấy Đống Đa Hà Đông Hai Bà Trưng Hoàn Kiếm Hoàng Mai Long Biên Nam Từ Liêm Tây Hồ Thanh Xuân
District-level town	Sơn Tây
Rural districts	Ba Vì Chương Mỹ Đan Phượng Đông Anh Gia Lâm Hoài Đức Mê Linh Mỹ Đức Phú Xuyên Phúc Thọ Quốc Oai Sóc Sơn Thanh Oai Thạch Thất Thanh Trì Thường Tín Ứng Hòa

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