Thái Hòa is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Nghệ An Province, in the
North Central Coast
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region of
Vietnam
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. It was established in November 2007 on the basis of Thái Hòa townlet (''thị trấn Thái Hòa'') and seven communes formerly belonging to
Nghĩa Đàn District. At that time, it had 70,870 inhabitants on an area of 135 km². Thái Hòa is the economic, cultural and social centre of north west Nghệ An.
Geography
Thái Hòa has a border with
Nghĩa Đàn District in the west, north and south and with
Quỳnh Lưu District in the east. It is around 80 km north west of
Vinh
Vinh () is the capital of Nghệ An province and an economic and cultural center of North-Central Vietnam. A key point in the East–West economic corridor linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, the city is situated in the Southeast of ...
(the capital of
Nghệ An Province), 40 km west of the coast and 14.5 km south of
Thanh Hóa Province.
[''Viet Nam Administrative Atlas''. Cartographic Publishing House, Hanoi 2010]
Thái Hòa is a hilly district. Lowlands and valleys make up only around 30% of the area, while hills make up 60% and mountains 10%. However, the terrain is still flat enough to be advantageous for the widespread development of agriculture. Some of the soil is suitable for growing high value cash crops such as coffee, rubber, tea, and fruits.
10152ha out of 13518ha of the district's land are used for agriculture. 307ha are unused.
Con River flows through the town as well as two of the southern communes of the district.
Climate
Demography
Thái Hòa has 67427 inhabitants, almost 500 per km2.
5751 are members of ethnic minorities, mainly
Thanh,
Thái,
Thổ.
30750 are within working age and 35% of them involved in non-agricultural activities.
Administrative divisions
The districts includes four urban wards (phường) and 6 rural communes (xã):
# Quang Phong Ward
# Hoà Hiếu Ward
# Quang Tiến Ward
# Long Sơn Ward
# Nghĩa Hoà Commune
# Tây Hiếu Commune
# Nghĩa Mỹ Commune
# Nghĩa Thuận Commune
# Đông Hiếu Commune
# Nghĩa Tiến Commune
Economy
The structure of Thái Hòa's economy is as follows:
# Agriculture, forestry, fishery: 17.3%
# Industry, construction, mining: 30.2%
# Services: 52.5%
Vinamilk
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invested more than 100 billion
VND in the town in 2009. Since then, Thái Hòa is the site of the largest and most modern milk farm in Vietnam.
[Vietnam Economic Times, Hung Van: "Thành phố" bò sữa Thái Hoà. 11.10.2010]
Infrastructure
Thái Hoà is at the intersection of two national roads.
National Road 48 connects it to
National Route 1 in the east and the districts of
Quế Phong,
Quỳ Châu, and
Quỳ Hợp in the west.
There are no other national or provincial roads in these districts, which means that they are most conveniently accessed through Thái Hoà.
National Road 15 connects the district to
Thanh Hóa Province in the north and various other districts and provinces to the south.
There is also a branch of the
North–South Railway
The North–South railway (German: ''Nord-Süd-Strecke'') is an amalgamation of several railway lines in Germany that came to significant importance in West Germany and are therefore commonly regarded as a single entity. During the division of ...
leading up to Thái Hoà.
However, it does not seem to be used.
References
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Districts of Nghệ An province
Populated places in Nghệ An province
County-level towns in Vietnam