Tuyên Quang () is a city in

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, and is the capital of Tuyên Quang Province.

History

The French post at Tuyên Quang was defended for four months against 12,000 troops of the

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Army and the Black Flag Army by two companies of the French Foreign Legion during the Sino-French War (August 1884 to April 1885).Spencer Tucker ''Vietnam'' 1999 - Page 34 "Militarily Tuyên Quang was of dubious importance, but politically it could be immense and the Chinese regulars and Black Flags who invested that place in December 1884 probably saw it as an opportunity to inflict a great psychological defeat ..." The Siege of Tuyên Quang is still remembered as one of the Legion's most celebrated feats of arms, and is commemorated in the first verse of " Le Boudin", its principal marching song. During the French protectorate, Tuyên Quang served as a garrison. During the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the

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made the Legionnaires surrender at the memorial to the Battle of Tuyên Quang in the

First Indochina War The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between French Fourth Republic, France and Việ ...

(1946–54).

Administrative divisions

''Phuong'': Hưng Thành, Nông Tiến, Ỷ La, Minh Xuân, Phan Thiết, Tân Quang, Tân Hà, An Tường. Communes: Tràng Đà, Lưỡng Vượng, An Khang, Thái Long, Đội Cấn.

Climate

References

Populated places in Tuyên Quang province Provincial capitals in Vietnam Districts of Tuyên Quang province Cities in Vietnam Tuyên Quang province {{TuyenQuang-geo-stub