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West Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Tây) is the biggest freshwater lake of Hanoi, Vietnam, located northwest of the city center.With a shore length of 17 kilometres (11 mi) and 500 hectares (5.0 km 2) in area, this is the largest lake of the capital and a popular place for recreation with many surrounding gardens, hotels and villas.
The district covers an area of 142 km 2.The district capital lies at Vĩnh Tường. [1] It borders Yên Lạc district (east), Lập Thạch district and Vĩnh Yên city (north), Việt Trì city of Phú Thọ Province (west), Ba Vì district of Hà Nội (west, separated by the Red River), Phúc Thọ district & Sơn Tây city of Hà Nội (south, separated by the Red River).
Tây Hồ (West Lake) is an urban district (quận) located on the north side of central Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. [5] The district wraps around the West Lake (hồ Tây), one of the largest natural lakes of Vietnam.
Its name Hà Tây was grafted from "Hà Đông" and "Sơn Tây", two old provinces in the Gulf of Tonkin. The province was dissolved and both Hà Tây and Hòa Bình reverted into separate provinces on August 12, 1991. On May 29, 2008 the decision was made to subsume Hà Tây into the city of Hanoi. The merger took place on August 1, 2008. [1]
Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (Vietnamese: Thành nhà Hồ, chữ Nho: 城茹胡; also called Tây Đô/西都castle or Tây Giai castle) is a 15th century stone fortress in Thanh Hóa, Vietnam. It served as the western capital of the Hồ dynasty (1398–1407) while also being an important political, economic, and cultural centre in the 16th to ...
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Đông Hồ painting is a genre of Vietnamese woodcut paintings originating from Đông Hồ village (làng Đông Hồ). Luy Lâu was the ancient capital of Vietnam after it became a Han Dynasty Chinese province called Jiaozhou, or Jiaozhi under the Chinese Commander-in-chief Shi Xie. Dâu Pagoda was built between AD 187 and 226.
Sơn Tây (listen ⓘ) is a district-level town ("thị xã") in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It was the capital of Sơn Tây province before merging with Hà Đông province to form Hà Tây province in 1965. Sơn Tây lies 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the capital Hanoi. It had a city status in Hà Tây province. However, when Hà Tây was ...