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of the

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. It is the old capital of

Hưng Yên Province Hưng Yên (/hɨŋ˧˧:iən˧˧/) is a province in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. History Dynastic period The area of the province of Hưng Yên has been inhabited for millennia. Under the Ngô dynasty, it was called Dang Chau. It wa ...

and is a third-graded city according to

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's urban 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 was 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

Topography

According to the 2021 statistical

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of the whole

Hưng Yên province Hưng Yên (/hɨŋ˧˧:iən˧˧/) is a province in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. History Dynastic period The area of the province of Hưng Yên has been inhabited for millennia. Under the Ngô dynasty, it was called Dang Chau. It wa ...

, Hưng Yên city covers an area of 73,89 km². Currently, it was divided such as : *6 wards : An Tảo, Hiến Nam, Hồng Châu, Lam Sơn, Lê Lợi, Minh Khai. *12 communes : Bảo Khê, Hoàng Hanh, Hùng Cường, Liên Phương, Phú Cường, Phương Nam, Quảng Châu, Tân Hưng, Trung Nghĩa. Hưng Yên is a delta

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. The entire area of Hưng Yên city is almost flat, which tends to be sunken from the Northeast to the Southwest. It is located in the farthest position to the South of

, where adjacent to the Red River, about 60 km away from

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. Besides, Hưng Yên owns two sediment isles near the territory of Hanoi, where includes communes Phú Cường and Hùng Cường. 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

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's Lý Nhân district and Duy Tiên district. National Route 38 and Yên Lệnh bridge connect the city to National Route 1st across the Red River.

Demography

As of 2021 Hưng Yên city had a population of 118,646. In particular, all people are registered as Kẻ Kinh.

Culture

In terms of beliefs and history, the area of Phố Hiến is considered one of the "cradles" of the

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. According to the historical document of the

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and some records of Annamese officials, Bishop Pierre Lambert de la Motte had summoned the first Đàng-ngoày Council (Công-đồng Đàng-ngoày) here in 1670, and that event was considered as the beginning of the Christian history in the whole

. Therefore, since December 23, 1673, Hưng Yên city has been considered a traditional address to have the regular meetings of Dinh-Hiến Council (Công-đồng Dinh-Hiến), under order '' Apostolatus Officium'' by Pope Clement X. Currently, the

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of Hưng Yên city is part to Đông Hưng Yên Deanery, belonged to Thái Bình Cathedral Diocese.

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 church, temples, pagodas and other religious buildings here. Nhãn lồng (fruit of dragon eye) is one of Hưng Yên's specialties.

Climate

Notes and references

, 1995. * Li Tana (2011). ''Jiaozhi (Giao Chỉ) in the Han period Tongking Gulf''. In Cooke, Nola ; Li Tana ; Anderson, James A. (eds.). The Tongking Gulf Through History. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 39–44. ISBN 9780812205022. * Li Tana,
Towards an environmental history of the eastern Red River Delta, Vietnam, c.900–1400
', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014. *Samuel Baron, Christoforo Borri, Olga Dror, Keith W. Taylor (2018). ''Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam : Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin''. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-501-72090-1. *
Nghị quyết số 1248/NQ-UBTVQH15 của Ủy ban Thường vụ Quốc hội về việc sắp xếp đơn vị hành chính cấp xã của tỉnh Hưng Yên giai đoạn 2023 – 2025
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External links

(vi) * ttps://congly.vn/de-xuat-phuc-dung-pho-hien-co-tinh-hung-yen-475532.html Proposal to restore Hiến Street in Hưng Yên province(vi)
Hưng Yên collected people's opinion on the new name after merging with Thái Bình
(vi) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hung Yen city Populated places in Hưng Yên province Provincial capitals in Vietnam Districts of Hưng Yên province Cities in Vietnam