Hung Yen

Hung Yen Thành phố Hưng Yên
Nickname(s): Phố Hiến
Hung Yen Location of in Vietnam
Coordinates: 20°39′N 106°04′E
Country	Vietnam
Province	Hung Yen
Government
• Chairman of People's Committee	Đỗ Xuân Tuyên

Hưng Yên ( listen) is a city in Vietnam. It is the provincial capital of Hung Yen province and is a third-graded city according to Vietnam's city classification table.

Geography

• Hung Yen is a delta city, it is located in the south of Hung Yen province, in the left bank (north bank) of the Red River in the Northern part of Vietnam. Hung Yen city is about 60 km away from Hanoi.
• Hung Yen City borders Kim Dong District to the north, Tien Lu District to the east. The Red River is the natural boundary between Hung Yen City and Ha Nam Province's Ly Nhan and Duy Tien Districts.
• Area: 46,80 km² (4.685,51 ha)

Demography

• Population: 121,486 people (2008)

Administration

Hung Yen City administers 12 administrative divisions:

• 7 wards (phường): Le Loi, Quang Trung, Minh Khai, Hien Nam, Lam Son, Hong Chau, An Tao.

• 5 communes (xã): Bao Khe, Trung Nghia, Lien Phuong, Hong Nam, Quang Chau.

Tourism

The city is well-known in the world (especially with historians) with Pho Hien (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 Hung Yen's specialities.

See also

• Temple of Literature, Hung Yen.