Hưng Yên () is a city in

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

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

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. *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 Hà is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as He in Chinese and Ha in Korean. Ha is the anglicized variation of the surname Hà. It is also the anglicized variation of Hạ. Notable people with the surname Hà *Hà Kiều Anh, Mis ...

Lý Nhân District LY or ly may refer to: Government and politics * Libya (ISO 3166-1 country code LY) * Lý dynasty, a Vietnamese dynasty * Labour Youth of Ireland * Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Science and te ...

and

Duy Tiên District Duy () is a Vietnamese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Đái Duy Ban (born 1937), Vietnamese scientist * Đào Duy Từ (1572–1634), Vietnamese poet * Duy Tân (1899–1945), Emperor of Vietnam * Phạm Duy (1921–2013), ...

. *Area: 46.80 km² (4,685.51 ha)

Demography

*Population: 121,486 people (2008)

Administration

Hưng Yên administers 12 administrative divisions: *7

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

(phường): Lê Lợi, Quang Trung, Minh Khai, Hiến Nam, Lam Sơn, Hồng Châu and An Tảo. *5

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

(xã): Bảo Khê, Trung Nghĩa, Liên Phương, Hồng Nam and Quảng Châu.

Tourism

The city is well known in the world (especially with historians) with 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 specialities.

Climate

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