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]

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Incense production in Quảng Phú Cầu village, Ứng Hoà district
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Ứng Hòa district
Huyện Ứng Hòa
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Map of Ứng Hòa District
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Ứng Hòa district
Ứng Hòa district
Coordinates: 20.734854°N 105.770701°E / 20.734854; 105.770701
Country Vietnam
ProvinceHanoi
Number of towns1
Number of communes28
CapitalVân Đình
Area
  Total183.72 km2 (70.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total193,731
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
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Administrative divisions

The district contains the following subdivisions:[1]

  • Vân Đình (town)

Communes:

  • Đại Hùng
  • Đồng Tân
  • Hòa Lâm
  • Hòa Xá
  • Liên Bạt
  • Phù Lưu
  • Sơn Công
  • Trung Tú
  • Viên An
  • Cao Thành
  • Đội Bình
  • Đồng Tiến
  • Hòa Nam
  • Hồng Quang
  • Lưu Hoàng
  • Phương Tú
  • Tảo Dương Văn
  • Trường Thịnh
  • Viên Nội
  • Đại Cường
  • Đông Lỗ
  • Hoa Sơn
  • Hòa Phú
  • Kim Đường
  • Minh Đức
  • Quảng Phú Cầu
  • Trầm Lộng
  • Vạn Thá

Notable people

  • 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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