Ba Đình District

Ba Dinh District
Quận Ba Đình
Urban district
Presidential Palace in Ngọc Hà ward
Nickname(s): French Quarter (Khu phố Pháp)
Country  Vietnam
Province Hanoi
Number of wards 10
Seat Liễu Giai ward
Area
 • Total 32.27 km2 (12.46 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 225,910
Time zone UTC+7 (ICT)
Website Official website (in Vietnamese)

Ba Đình is an urban district of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Ba Dinh is the political center of Vietnam. Most of the government offices and embassies are located here. It was formerly called the "French Quarter" (Khu phố Pháp) because of a high concentration of French-styled villas and government buildings built when Hanoi was the capital of French Indochina. This name is still used in travel literature.[1] The Southern half of Hoàn Kiếm district is also called a "French Quarter" also because of a large number of French-styled buildings, most of which are now used as foreign embassies.

Location

Approximation of Hanoi's Old Quarter and French Quarters

It's surround at the north by Tây Hồ, to the east by Red River, to the south by Đống Đa, to the southeast by Hoàn Kiếm, to the west by Cầu Giấy.

Administrative divisions

The district contains 14 wards (phường)

  • Cống Vị
  • Điện Biên
  • Đội Cấn
  • Giảng Võ
  • Kim Mã
  • Liễu Giai
  • Ngọc Hà
  
  • Ngọc Khánh
  • Nguyễn Trung Trực
  • Phúc Xá
  • Quán Thánh
  • Thành Công
  • Trúc Bạch
  • Vĩnh Phúc
Ba Dinh Square

Education

International schools:

Notable buildings

References

  1. ↑ "French Quarter in Hanoi to be preserved", VietnamPlus, 18 Nov. 2010.
    Downs, Tom, Hanoi & Halong Bay encounter (2007), p. 66. " "Much of the appeal of Hanoi's French Quarter is in its colonial architecture".
  2. ↑ http://vanphuc.sis.edu.vn/contact-us/

Coordinates: 21°02′12″N 105°50′10″E / 21.03667°N 105.83611°E / 21.03667; 105.83611


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