Yên Bái () is a city in
Vietnam
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. It is the capital of
Yên Bái Province, in the
north-east
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region of Vietnam. The city borders
Yên Bình District and
Trấn Yên District
In Vietnam, there are three kinds of third-level (commune-level) administrative subdivisions: the rural commune ( vi, xã), the commune-level town ( vi, thị trấn), and the ward ( vi, phường, literal meaning: urban subdistrict). In Vietna ...
. The city is a settlement along the banks of the
Red River, approximately 183 km northwest of
Hanoi
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. It is one of the important trading hubs between the highlands and the lowlands of
Northern Vietnam
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.
History
At the end of the sixteenth century Yên Bái was a small village in Bach Lam district, Quy Hoa district, Hung Hoa province. On 11 April 1900 Yen Bai province was established by the
French colonialist government. The city grew in size with the opening of the
Hanoi–Lào Cai railway
Hanoi–Lào Cai Railway ( vi, Đường sắt Hà Nội–Lào Cai) is a railway line serving northern Vietnam. It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting Hanoi with Lào Cai, on the China-Vietnam border in Lào Cai Province. It is the V ...
, which attracted many migrants.
On 9 February 1930, part of the 4th Regiment of
Tonkinese Rifles The Tonkinese Rifles (''tirailleurs tonkinois'') were a corps of Tonkinese light infantrymen raised in 1884 to support the operations of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps. Led by French officers seconded from the marine infantry, Tonkinese riflemen fo ...
stationed at Yen Bai mutinied against their French officers in the
Yên Bái mutiny
The Yên Bái mutiny ( vi, Tổng khởi-nghĩa Yên-báy, "Yên Bái general uprising") was an uprising of Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army on 10 February 1930 in collaboration with civilian supporters who were members of the Vi ...
. They were suppressed by loyal troops from the same unit. This incident led to widespread disturbances against French rule across northeastern Vietnam during 1930–31.
Demographics
As of 2019, the city had a population of 100,631,
[ covering an area of 108.15 km2 .
]
Administrative divisions
Yên Bái administers 9 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 ...
and 6 rural communes:
* Đồng Tâm
* Hồng Hà
* Hợp Minh
* Minh Tân
* Nam Cường
* Nguyễn Phúc
* Nguyễn Thái Học
* Yên Ninh
* Yên Thịnh
Rural communes:
* Âu Lâu
* Giới Phiên
* Minh Bảo
* Tân Thịnh
* Tuy Lộc
* Văn Phú
Climate
References
External links
Populated places in Yên Bái province
Provincial capitals in Vietnam
Districts of Yên Bái province
Cities in Vietnam
Yên Bái province
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