Bắc Giang () is a city in
Vietnam
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. It is the capital of
Bắc Ninh Province. Its name, deriving from that of the Province
Sino-Vietnamese, means "north of the river." The location is very convenient for transportation: it is 50 km north of Hanoi, in the middle position on major transportation routes (roads, international railway) connecting Hanoi with the Lạng Sơn City and Đồng Đăng international border gate; Bắc Giang is located in an important transportation hub. The
Thương River runs through the town's southern part heading for
Haiphong.
Although the name of Bắc Giang (北江 "North River") Province is very old, established in its first form in 1466, there was historically no town of that name. The town was created out of the old Láng Thượng District after independence. The Suối Mỡ thermal springs area is 37 km from the town centre. Bắc Giang Peace Park was a sister city project with
Madison, Wisconsin
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, United States.
[Friends journal - Volume 44 - Page 2 1998 "Following dedication of the peace park, the Madison-Bac Giang Vietnam Sister City Project evolved."]
Economic situation
Bắc Giang City is a center of the nitrogen - chemical industry, textile industry, also the distribution center, and transit of goods from China, as well as the place for local products being exported to China. The city has some small- and medium-sized industrial zones associated with large industrial zones such as Quang Châu, Đình Trám, Vân Trung and Song Khê - Nội Hoàng. The emblem of the BG industry is the Hà Bắc fertilizer factory, the first fertilizer plant in Vietnam.
In 2013, Bắc Giang City maintained high and stable economic growth reaching 17.3%, with the GDP per capita reaching $3000. The economic structure has shifted positively: trade and services 45.2%; industry, handicraft - construction 51.3%; agriculture - fishery 3.5%. The city has developed diverse industries such as agricultural and forestry processing, mechanical, chemical, textile, electronic and construction materials. Bắc Giang City is well known as one of the distribution centers for the transit of goods imported from China to Vietnam and vice versa. The service network has been developed strongly with large-scale supermarkets such as Big C Bắc Giang, Co.opmart supermarket, Bắc Giang Supermarket, Imexco Supermarket, Mediamart, Văn Chiến appliances and electrics store.
Administrative subdivisions
The city is subdivided to 16
commune-level subdivisions, including the
wards of:
Đa Mai,
Dĩnh Kế,
Hoàng Văn Thụ,
Lê Lợi
Lê Lợi (, chữ Hán: 黎利; 10 September 1385 – 5 October 1433), also known by his temple name as Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖) and by his pre-imperial title Bình Định vương (平定王; "Prince of Pacification"), was a Vietnamese peopl ...
,
Mỹ Độ,
Ngô Quyền,
Thọ Xương,
Trần Nguyên Hãn,
Trần Phú
Trần Phú (1 May 1904 in Tuy An District – 6 September 1931) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and the first general secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party, later renamed the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Biography
Trần Phú was b ...
,
Xương Giang and the
rural communes of:
Dĩnh Trì,
Đồng Sơn,
Song Khê,
Song Mai,
Tân Mỹ and
Tân Tiến.
Gallery
File:Bắc Giang1.jpg, Bắc Giang
File:Bắc Giang2.jpg, Bắc Giang
File:Bắc Giang4.jpg, Bắc Giang
File:Bắc Giang5.jpg, Bắc Giang
Climate
Notable people
*
Phùng Khánh Linh (born 1994), singer and songwriter
References
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Districts of Bắc Giang province
Populated places in Bắc Giang province
Provincial capitals in Vietnam
Cities in Vietnam