Hà Tĩnh
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Hà Tĩnh (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city in Vietnam.[1] It is the capital of Hà Tĩnh Province, and lies in the North Central Coast region. It is located on National Highway 1A. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi is located 340 km north of Hà Tĩnh, Vinh is located 50 km to the north, and Huế is located 314 km to the south. Hà Tĩnh is 12.5 km from the South China Sea.
Geography
- North borders: Thạch Hà town (via Cày bridge), Cửa Sót river.
- West borders: Thạch Đài Commune, Cày river (Thạch Hà district).
- Southern borders: Cẩm Bình Commune, Cẩm Vịnh Commune (Cẩm Xuyên district).
- Eastern borders: Đồng Môn river (Thạch Hà district, Lộc Hà)
Administrative divisions
Hà Tĩnh city consists of 16 administration units: 10 wards and 6 communes:
- Nam Hà ward
- Bắc Hà ward
- Tân Giang ward
- Trần Phú ward
- Nguyễn Du ward
- Hà Huy Tập ward
- Đại Nài ward
- Văn Yên ward
- Thạch Linh ward
- Thạch Quý ward
- Thạch Bình commune
- Thạch Trung commune
- Thạch Môn commune
- Thạch Hạ commune
- Thạch Hưng commune
- Thạch Đồng commune
Education
There are many tertiary education institutions such as Hà Tĩnh University, Hà Tĩnh College of Medicine, Nguyễn Du Cultural, Sports and Tourism College, Hà Tĩnh Vocational College of Technology and Vietnam-Germany College of Vocation. Some high schools include Hà Tĩnh Senior High School, Phan Đình Phùng High School and Thành Sen (Lotus City) High School.
Transport
The city doesn't have it own airport with air transport being served by the nearest airport, Vinh International Airport which is located approximately 63 km north of the nearby province of Nghệ An.
Climate
Hà Tĩnh has a marginal and unusually wet tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) bordering on both an unusually wet humid subtropical climate (Cfa) and a trade-wind tropical rainforest climate (Af) – the last of these being a rare climate type in Vietnam. The heaviest rain is in the northeast monsoon season from September to November, when Template:Convert can be expected, but rainfall exceeds Template:Convert even in the driest months of the “spring” season. The weather during the “winter” season from December to February is warm, humid and somewhat rainy, whilst the “summer” from May to August is hot to sweltering although drier than most of Indochina due to the influence of the mountains to the southwest. Template:Weather box
Gallery
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City Cultural Center
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Hà Tĩnh commercial center
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Trần Phú Park
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A corner of Hà Tĩnh City
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City cultural house
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Vincom Plaza, Hà Tĩnh city
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Vinhomes Hà Tĩnh area
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Xuân Diệu - Nguyễn Du intersection, Hà Tĩnh city
See also
References
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- ↑ Atlas of the World, Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 236.