Ứng Hòa district
Ứng Hòa district
Huyện Ứng Hòa | |
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 Map of Ứng Hòa District | |
  Ứng Hòa district | |
| Coordinates: 20°44′05″N 105°46′15″E / 20.734854°N 105.770701°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Hanoi |
| Number of towns | 1 |
| Number of communes | 28 |
| Capital | Vân Đình |
| Area | |
• Total | 183.72 km2 (70.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 193,731 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
Ứng Hòa is a southern district (huyện) of Hanoi in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. The River Đáy forms much of the western boundary with Mỹ Đức district. It covers an area of 183.72 square kilometres (70.93 sq mi), and as of 2005 it had a population of 193,731 people. It has 28 communes and one town.[1]
Administrative divisions
[edit]The district contains the following subdivisions:[1]
- Vân Đình (town)
Communes:
Notable people
[edit]- Trịnh Tố Tâm (born 1945, Đồng Tân – died 1996), a PAVN soldier stated to have personally killed 272 enemy soldiers during the Vietnam War.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ứng Hòa" (in Vietnamese). Hanoi.gov.vn. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ Lưu Trinh (2020-09-05). "Người Anh hùng truyền cảm hứng cho giới trẻ". Báo điện tử Tiền Phong (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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. | ||
| International | |
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| National | |
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