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Hải Dương

Hải Dương
City
Nickname(s): Thành Đông (Eastern Citadel)
Hải Dương is located in Vietnam
Hải Dương
Hải Dương
Location in Vietnam
Coordinates: 20°56′23″N 106°19′50″E / 20.93972°N 106.33056°E / 20.93972; 106.33056
Country  Vietnam
Province Hải Dương
Area
 • Total 71.38 km2 (27.56 sq mi)
Population (2015 est.)
 • Total 400,893
 • Density 5,616/km2 (14,550/sq mi)

Hải Dương (About this sound listen) is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hải Dương, a highly developed and industrialised province located within the Hanoi Metropolitan Area as well as the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. Its name is Sino-Vietnamese for "ocean sun" (). At the midpoint between the capital Hà Nội and major port city Hải Phòng, Hải Dương is an important urban area in the Northern Key Economic Zone.

Hai Duong city is bordered to the north-east by the Nam Sách District and Thanh Hà District. A branch of the Cái River (literally, "mother river" in Vietnamese) divides the city into two parts, on one side the urban area, on the other side lie rural and industrial outskirts. It is bordered to the west by the Cẩm Giàng District, and to the south by the Gia Lộc and Tứ Kỳ districts, and also a branch of the Sat River. The city is located in the centre of both the Northern Economic Area and of the Hanoi–Hai Phong–Quang Ninh development region as well. Hải Dương is located 58 kilometres (36 mi) from Hanoi, 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Hai Phong, and 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Halong Bay. A railway, National Highway No.5 (Hanoi - Hải Dương - Hai Phong) and National Highway No.18 (Bắc Ninh - Hải Dương - Quảng Ninh) all pass through the province.


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