Phủ Lý
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Phủ Lý Thành phố Phủ Lý |
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Phủ Lý on the river Đáy
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 Phủ Lý
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| Coordinates: 20°32′28″N 105°54′50″E / 20.54111°N 105.91389°ECoordinates: 20°32′28″N 105°54′50″E / 20.54111°N 105.91389°E | |
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 Vietnam
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| Province | Hà Nam |
| Area | |
| • Total | 87.87 km2 (33.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 136,654 |
| • Density | 1,555.1/km2 (4,028/sq mi) |
Phủ Lý is the capital city of Hà Nam Province of Vietnam 60 km south of Hanoi on the river Đáy.
Phủ Lý was taken by the French canonnière l'Espingole and 28 men captained by Adrien-Paul Balny d'Avricourt on October 26 1873, shortly before Balny's death together with Francis Garnier at Hanoi's West Gate.
In the aftermath of World War II, Phủ Lý was where a significant number of VNQDĐ leaders were captured by the Viet Cong in 1946. The city was attacked by retreating French forces on June 30 1954, shortly before the country was liberated.
It was almost completely destroyed by the Americans in five days of bombing between July 14 and November 5, 1966.
Michael Maclear writes of the area afterwards as 'a wasteland without life':
Phủ Lý railway station, Hà Nam
21B National Highway, the road from Phủ Lý to Nam Định
Phủ Lý City Center, Hà Nam
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