Ba Đình District
Ba Dinh District Quận Ba Đình | |
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Urban district | |
Presidential Palace in Ngọc Hà ward | |
Nickname(s): French Quarter (Khu phố Pháp) | |
Country |
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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
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)
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Education
International schools:
- Hanoi International School
- Singapore International School (SIS) @ Van Phuc in the Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound[2]
Notable buildings
- Parliament House
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs building
- Lotte Center Hanoi in Cống Vị ward, western Ba Đình
References
- ↑ "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". - ↑ http://vanphuc.sis.edu.vn/contact-us/
Coordinates: 21°02′12″N 105°50′10″E / 21.03667°N 105.83611°E