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Ứng Hòa district

Coordinates: 20°44′05″N 105°46′15″E / 20.734854°N 105.770701°E / 20.734854; 105.770701
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Ứng Hòa district
Huyện Ứng Hòa
Map of Ứng Hòa District
Map of Ứng Hòa District
Ứng Hòa district is located in Hanoi
Ứng Hòa district
Ứng Hòa district
Coordinates: 20°44′05″N 105°46′15″E / 20.734854°N 105.770701°E / 20.734854; 105.770701
Country Vietnam
ProvinceHanoi
Number of towns1
Number of communes28
CapitalVân Đình
Area
 • Total
183.72 km2 (70.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
193,731
Time zoneUTC+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]

Incense production in Quảng Phú Cầu village, Ứng Hoà district

Administrative divisions

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The district contains the following subdivisions:[1]

  • Vân Đình (town)

Communes:

Notable people

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "Ứng Hòa" (in Vietnamese). Hanoi.gov.vn. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. ^ 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.