Hẻm
Hẻm (or Ngõ in Northern Vietnam) are the terms used to describe narrow streets branching off of main roads. Hẻm are characterized by their narrow width and are lined with narrow, multistory buildings known as tube houses, creating a dense and vertical urban form. In Ho Chi Minh City, approximately 65% of residents live in hẻm. Hẻm are numbered and referred to by the name of the major street it branches off of, similarly to Sois in Thailand. Slashes are used to indicated an address in a hẻm, so the address "36/23 Hẻm Lê Thị Riêng" indicates the house is number 36 in the 23rd Hẻm off Lê Thị Riêng street. See also * Soi * Hutong ''Hutong'' () are a type of narrow street or alley commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, especially Beijing. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of ''siheyuan'', traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods wer ... References {{Planning-stub Vietnamese words and phrases Types of streets T ...
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District 3 Hẻm
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a di ...
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