Hưng Yên

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.

Hưng Yên

Thành phố Hưng Yên
City (Class-3)
Hưng Yên City
Nickname(s): 
Phố Hiến
Hưng Yên
Location of in Vietnam
Coordinates: 20°39′N 106°04′E
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

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 with historians) with 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 specialities.

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)		 32.6
(90.7)		 37.0
(98.6)		 37.4
(99.3)		 38.5
(101.3)		 39.4
(102.9)		 38.4
(101.1)		 37.5
(99.5)		 35.2
(95.4)		 34.0
(93.2)		 34.5
(94.1)		 30.5
(86.9)		 39.4
(102.9)
Average high °C (°F) 19.5
(67.1)		 19.7
(67.5)		 22.3
(72.1)		 26.7
(80.1)		 30.9
(87.6)		 32.4
(90.3)		 32.7
(90.9)		 31.7
(89.1)		 30.5
(86.9)		 28.3
(82.9)		 25.2
(77.4)		 21.7
(71.1)		 26.8
(80.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.2
(61.2)		 16.9
(62.4)		 19.6
(67.3)		 23.5
(74.3)		 27.0
(80.6)		 28.6
(83.5)		 29.0
(84.2)		 28.4
(83.1)		 27.1
(80.8)		 24.5
(76.1)		 21.1
(70.0)		 17.8
(64.0)		 23.3
(73.9)
Average low °C (°F) 14.0
(57.2)		 15.0
(59.0)		 17.8
(64.0)		 21.4
(70.5)		 24.2
(75.6)		 25.8
(78.4)		 26.3
(79.3)		 25.8
(78.4)		 24.6
(76.3)		 21.8
(71.2)		 18.4
(65.1)		 15.1
(59.2)		 20.8
(69.4)
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) 26
(1.0)		 25
(1.0)		 48
(1.9)		 92
(3.6)		 172
(6.8)		 229
(9.0)		 219
(8.6)		 286
(11.3)		 261
(10.3)		 187
(7.4)		 75
(3.0)		 24
(0.9)		 1,644
(64.7)
Average precipitation days 9.1 12.8 16.6 13.8 13.1 14.2 13.1 15.5 13.7 11.2 7.3 5.5 146.0
Average relative humidity (%) 85.2 87.6 90.1 89.8 86.2 84.4 84.0 87.1 86.9 84.8 82.6 82.4 85.9
Mean monthly sunshine hours 75 42 49 93 187 178 205 179 179 173 139 127 1,625
Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[1]

See also
  • Hưng Yên Specialist High School
  • Temple of Literature, Hưng Yên.

References
  1. "Vietnam Building Code Natural Physical & Climatic Data for Construction" (PDF). Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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