Quảng Yên

Quảng Yên Thị xã Quảng Yên
District-level town (Class-4)
Coordinates: 20°56′20″N 106°48′0″E / 20.93889°N 106.80000°E / 20.93889; 106.80000
Country	Vietnam
Region	north-east
Province	Quảng Ninh
Area
• District-level town (Class-4)	121.314 sq mi (314.202 km2)
• Urban	58.6052 sq mi (151.7868 km2)
Population (2011)
• District-level town (Class-4)	139,596
• Density	1,150/sq mi (444.2/km2)
• Urban	85,493
• Urban density	1,459/sq mi (563.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Quảng Yên () is a county-level town of Quảng Ninh Province in the north-east region of Vietnam. The Bạch Đằng River flows through Yên Hưng. As of 2003 the district had a population of 137,198.^[1] The town was established by 2011 from former district of Yên Hưng, which covers an area of 314,2 km².^[2] Quảng Yên border Hạ Long city and Halong bay to the East, Thủy Nguyên, Cát Hải district, Hải Phòng city to the west and south,Uông Bí, Hoành Bồ district to the North.

Administrative divisions

The town consists of 11 wards: Cộng Hòa, Đông Mai, Hà An, Minh Thành, Nam Hòa, Phong Cốc, Phong Hải, Quảng Yên, Tân An, Yên Giang, Yên Hải, and 8 communes: Cẩm La, Hoàng Tân, Hiệp Hòa, Liên Hòa, Liên Vị, Sông Khoai and Tiền An.

References

Coordinates: 20°55′01″N 106°49′59″E / 20.917°N 106.833°E / 20.917; 106.833