Hưng Yên
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Hưng Yên
Thành phố Hưng Yên | |
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| Hưng Yên City | |
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 Seal | |
| Nickname: Phố Hiến | |
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  Hưng Yên Location of in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 20°39′N 106°04′E / 20.650°N 106.067°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Hưng Yên |
| Government | |
| • Chairman of People's Committee | Đỗ Xuân Tuyên |
| Area | |
| • Total | 73.4207 km2 (28.3479 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 147,275 |
| • Density | 2,005.9/km2 (5,195/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
| Climate | Cwa |
Hưng Yên () is a city in Vietnam. It is the provincial capital of Hưng Yên Province and is a third-graded city according to Vietnam's city classification table.
Geography
[edit]- Hưng Yên is a delta city. It is located in the south of Hưng Yên Province, on the left bank (north bank) of the Red River in the northern part of Vietnam. Hưng Yên is about 60 km away from Hanoi.
- Hưng Yên borders Kim Động District to the north and Tiên Lữ District to the east. The Red River is the natural boundary between Hưng Yên and Hà Nam Province's Lý Nhân District and Duy Tiên District.
- Area: 46.80 km2 (4,685.51 ha)
Demography
[edit]- Population: 121,486 people (2008)
Administration
[edit]Hưng Yên administers 12 administrative divisions:
- 7 wards (phường): Lê Lợi, Quang Trung, Minh Khai, Hiến Nam, Lam Sơn, Hồng Châu and An Tảo.
- 5 communes (xã): Bảo Khê, Trung Nghĩa, Liên Phương, Hồng Nam and Quảng Châu.
Tourism
[edit]The city is well-known in the world (especially among historians) for Phố Hiến (an ancient port-city located in the area). There are still a lot of ancient Asian temples, pagodas and other religious buildings here.
Nhãn lồng (caged longan - a kind of fruit) is one of Hưng Yên's specialties.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Hưng Yên | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.0 (89.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
37.6 (99.7) |
41.2 (106.2) |
39.4 (102.9) |
40.5 (104.9) |
40.5 (104.9) |
38.7 (101.7) |
36.6 (97.9) |
36.4 (97.5) |
34.5 (94.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 27.1 (1.07) |
25.1 (0.99) |
46.8 (1.84) |
86.4 (3.40) |
174.1 (6.85) |
206.2 (8.12) |
220.2 (8.67) |
277.1 (10.91) |
252.5 (9.94) |
169.2 (6.66) |
71.7 (2.82) |
23.6 (0.93) |
1,580.7 (62.23) |
| Average rainy days | 9.1 | 12.4 | 16.6 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 10.7 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 145.0 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84.3 | 87.1 | 89.2 | 89.1 | 85.6 | 83.1 | 83.8 | 86.7 | 86.2 | 83.7 | 82.2 | 81.5 | 85.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 69.1 | 41.4 | 44.4 | 88.9 | 178.3 | 174.0 | 192.4 | 168.0 | 166.1 | 155.5 | 131.4 | 112.2 | 1,521.8 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[1] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]20°39′N 106°04′E / 20.650°N 106.067°E
Districts of the Red River Delta | ||
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| Hanoi city |
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| Haiphong city | ||
| Bắc Ninh province | ||
| Hà Nam province | ||
| Hải Dương province |
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| Hưng Yên province | ||
| Nam Định province | ||
| Ninh Bình province | ||
| Thái Bình province | ||
| Vĩnh Phúc province |
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※ denotes provincial seat. | ||