Hà Tĩnh () is a city in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

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Hà Tĩnh Province Hà is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as He in Chinese and Ha in Korean. Ha is the anglicized variation of the surname Hà. It is also the anglicized variation of Hạ. Notable people with the surname Hà * Hà Kiều Anh, ...

, and lies in the

North Central Coast Bắc Trung Bộ (literally North Central Region, and often translated as North Central Coast) is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên–Hu ...

region. It is located on National Highway 1A. The Vietnamese capital

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

is located 340 km north of Hà Tĩnh,

Vinh Vinh () is the biggest city and economic and cultural center of north-central Vietnam. Vinh is the capital of Nghệ An Province, and is a key point in the East–West economic corridor linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The city is ...

is located 50 km to the north, and Huế is located 314 km to the south. Hà Tĩnh is 12.5 km from the East Sea.

Geography

* North borders: Thạch Hà town (via Cày bridge), Cửa Sót river. * West borders: Thạch Đài Commune, Cày river (Thạch Hà district). * Southern borders: Cẩm Bình Commune, Cẩm Vịnh Commune (Cẩm Xuyên district). * Eastern borders: Đồng Môn river (Thạch Hà district, Lộc Hà)

Administrative divisions

Hà Tĩnh city consists of 16 administration units: 10 wards and 6 communes: * Nam Hà ward * Bắc Hà ward * Tân Giang ward * Trần Phú ward * Nguyễn Du ward * Hà Huy Tập ward * Đại Nài ward * Văn Yên ward * Thạch Linh ward * Thạch Quý ward * Thạch Bình commune * Thạch Trung commune * Thạch Môn commune * Thạch Hạ commune * Thạch Hưng commune * Thạch Đồng commune

Education

There are many tertiary education institutions such as Hà Tĩnh University, Hà Tĩnh College of Medicine, Nguyễn Du Cultural, Sports and Tourism College, Hà Tĩnh Vocational College of Technology and Vietnam-Germany College of Vocation. Some high schools include Hà Tĩnh Senior High School, Phan Đình Phùng High School and Thành Sen (Lotus City) High School.

Climate

Hà Tĩnh has a marginal and unusually wet humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') bordering on both a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(''Am'') and a trade-wind

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...

(''Af'') – the last of these being a rare climate type in Vietnam. The heaviest rain is in the northeast monsoon season from September to November, when can be expected, but rainfall exceeds even in the driest months of the “spring” season. The weather during the “winter” season from December to February is warm, humid and somewhat rainy, whilst the “summer” from May to August is hot to sweltering although drier than most of Indochina due to the influence of the mountains to the southwest.

Gallery

file:Nhà văn hóa thành phố Hà Tĩnh.jpg, City Cultural Center

References