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Hanoi city overview
Hanoi is a city in Vietnam shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseHanoi Noi Bai (HAN)
Known forHanoi, Capital city in Vietnam, Hanoi planning base 3, Hanoi planning base 4
Population~8.7Mcity context
RegionVietnamVietnam
Time zoneAsia/Bangkoklocal time
Founded344historical origin
City history
It is believed that the region has been continuously inhabited for the last 4,000 years. Cổ Loa and Nanyue In around third century BC, a fortified citadel, later named as Cổ Loa, is constructed.
During 17th century, the population of Đông Kinh was estimated by Western diplomats as about 100,000. Nguyễn dynasty, and French colony When the Nguyễn dynasty was established in 1802, Gia Long moved the capital.
He built a wall around the city measuring 6,344 meters, with some sections reaching over eight meters in height. Đại La at the time had approximately 25,000 residents, including foreign communities of Persians, Arabs.
By the year 679, the Tang dynasty changed the region's name to Annan (Chinese: 安南; Vietnamese: An Nam; lit. 'pacified south'), with Songping as its capital.
Thăng Long remained the capital of Đại Việt until 1397, when it was moved to Thanh Hóa, then known as Tây Đô (西都), the "Western Capital".
As Hanoi, it was located in the protectorate of Tonkin and became the capital of French Indochina in 1902.
After the fall of the Empire of Vietnam, it became the capital of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) when Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam on 2 September 1945.
After France recognized Vietnam's nominal and partial independence with the Élysée Accords on 14 June 1949, Hanoi became under the control of the State of Vietnam from 1949 to 1954, a unified associated state.
Following the end of the war with the fall of Saigon in 1975, Hanoi became the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam when North and South Vietnam were reunited on 2 July 1976..
In 1998–1999, the Museum of Vietnamese History (later is National Museum of Vietnamese History) carried out the archaeological studies in the north of Đồng Mô Lake (Sơn Tây, Hanoi), finding relics and objects belonging.
By the middle of the fifth century, in the center of what later was Hanoi, a fortified settlement was founded by the Chinese Liu Song dynasty as the seat of a new district called.
In the latter half of the eighth century, Zhang Boyi, a viceroy from the Tang dynasty, built Luocheng (Chinese: 羅城; Vietnamese: La Thành) to suppress uprisings.
Over time, in the first half of the ninth century, this fortification was expanded and renamed as Jincheng (Vietnamese: Kim Thành).
After eight years of fighting between the French and DRV forces, Hanoi became the capital of North Vietnam when this territory became a sovereign country and Vietnam became divided at 17th parallel on 21.
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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