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Phúc Yên is a city in
Vĩnh Phúc Province Vĩnh Phúc was a former province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Administrative divisions Vĩnh Phúc is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions: * 7 districts: ** Sông Lô ** Bình Xuyên ** Lập Thạch ** Tam Đả ...
in the
Red River Delta The Red River Delta or Hong River Delta () is the flat low-lying plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries merging with the Thái Bình River in Northern Vietnam. ''Hồng'' (紅) is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "red" or "crimson". T ...
region of
Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
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Atlas of the World
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As of 2003 the district had a population of 83,352. The district covers an area of 120 km2. The district capital lies at Phúc Yên. The city is on National Route 2 heading North-West out of Hanoi to the town of Vĩnh Yên.Tim Doling ''North East VietNam: mountains and ethnic minorities'' 2000 Page 52 "Leaving the capital, National Road 2 heads through Phúc Yên to the town of Vĩnh Yên, 53 kilometres north west of Hà Nội."


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Populated places in Vĩnh Phúc province Districts of Vĩnh Phúc province Cities in Vietnam {{VinhPhuc-geo-stub