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[1] [2] Hoàn Kiếm Lake ( Vietnamese : Hồ Hoàn Kiếm , chữ Hán : 湖還劍, meaning "Lake of the Returned Sword" or "Lake of the Restored Sword" ), also known as Sword Lake ( Hồ Gươm ) or Tả Vọng Lake ( Hồ Tả Vọng ), is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi , the capital city of Vietnam .
[1] From the shore, Thê Húc Bridge ( Cầu Thê Húc ) leads to the islet. Buildings of the temple include the Tháp Bút ("The Pen Tower"), the Đài Nghiên (ink-slab), the Đắc Nguyệt ("moon contemplation pavilion") and the Đình Trấn Ba (pavilion against waves), all of which have symbolic meaning.
On June 2, 1967, a Hoàn Kiếm turtle died from injuries caused by an abusive fisherman that was ordered to net the turtle and carry it, but instead hit the turtle with a crowbar. The turtle's body was preserved and placed on display in the temple. That particular specimen weighed 200 kg (440 lbs) and measured 1.9 metres long (6 ft 3 in). [9]
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The district currently has 18 wards (phường), covering a total area of 5.29 square kilometres (2.04 sq mi). [1] As of 2019, [ 2 ] there were 135,618 people residing in the district Hoàn Kiếm is the downtown and commercial center of Hanoi.
The three main avenues in the district, Lạc Long Quân, Âu Cơ, and An Dương Vương, were names of leaders of early Vietnamese civilization.The smaller streets in the district are named after renowned Vietnamese poets, artists and music composers, such as Xuân Diệu, Tô Ngọc Vân, Trịnh Công Sơn, Nguyễn Đình Thi and Đặng Thai Mai.
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park is in a limestone zone of 2,000 km 2 in Vietnamese territory and borders another limestone zone of 2,000 km 2 of Hin Namno in Laotian territory. The core zone of this national park covers 857.54 km 2 and a buffer zone of 1,954 km 2. [1]
The island was first used as a fishing site. In the 1400s, under Lê Thánh Tông a tower was built to improve the comfort of the emperor's fishing. [1] In the 17th and 18th centuries, under the Revival Lê dynasty, the Trịnh lords had Tả Vọng Temple built on the islet. In the 18th century, under the Nguyễn lords the temple disappeared.