Hưng Yên
Thành phố Hưng Yên
Hưng Yên City
Official seal of Hưng Yên
Nickname: 
Phố Hiến
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

Demography

  • Population: 121,486 people (2008)

Administration

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

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

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)
37.0
(98.6)
39.4
(102.9)
40.5
(104.9)
40.5
(104.9)
38.4
(101.1)
36.4
(97.5)
36.4
(97.5)
34.5
(94.1)
31.8
(89.2)
40.5
(104.9)
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 precipitation 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

References

  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

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