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Hưng Yên

Coordinates: 20°39′N 106°04′E / 20.650°N 106.067°E / 20.650; 106.067
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Hưng Yên
Thành phố Hưng Yên
Hưng Yên City
Official seal of Hưng Yên
Nickname: 
Phố Hiến
Map
Hưng Yên is located in Vietnam
Hưng Yên
Hưng Yên
Location of in Vietnam
Coordinates: 20°39′N 106°04′E / 20.650°N 106.067°E / 20.650; 106.067
Country Vietnam
ProvinceHưng Yên
Government
 • Chairman of People's CommitteeĐỗ Xuân Tuyên
Area
 • Total73.4207 km2 (28.3479 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total147,275
 • Density2,005.9/km2 (5,195/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (Indochina Time)
ClimateCwa

Hưng Yên (listen) 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

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Demography

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  • Population: 121,486 people (2008)

Administration

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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

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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

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Climate data for Hưng Yên
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).

20°39′N 106°04′E / 20.650°N 106.067°E / 20.650; 106.067