Cát Hải District

Cát Hải is a rural district (huyện) of Hai Phong, the third largest city of Vietnam. It includes the old Cát Bà town since 1977.[1]

Cát Hải District
Road passing through Hai Phong-Cat Ba island, Cat Hai island near Got wharf.
Country Vietnam
RegionHai Phong
Time zoneUTC+7 (UTC + 7)

As of 2018 the district had a population of 43,187. The districts covers an area of 295 km2 (114 sq mi). The district capital lies at Cát Hải.[2]

The island is subject to major land developments. Vinfast is building an automobile factory on the southern half of the island,[3] and Sun Group is developing a holiday resort on the northern half. A 5.44 km long bridge - the longest sea crossing in Vietnam - connects the island to Hai Phong.

References
  1. Leontine E. Visser - Challenging Coasts Page 216 2004 "From an administrative point of view, Cat Hai Island belongs to Cat Hai District, which consists of hundreds of islands ... In a spatial as well as an economic sense, the district is dominated by Cat Hai Island and neighbouring Cat Ba Island to ."
  2. "Districts of Vietnam". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  3. "GM forms partnership with Vietnam's VinFast". Financial Times.


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