Đồng Hới is the former capital city of Quảng Bình Province on the North Central Coast of Vietnam. It covers 155.71 square kilometres and had 133,672 people at the 2019 census. The city lies on the South China Sea and has a 12-kilometre coastline of white sand beaches, bordered by Quảng Ninh District on the west and south and by Bố Trạch District on the north. It is served by National Highway 1A, the Đồng Hới Railway Station and an airport, and lies 486 kilometres south of Hanoi and 160 kilometres north of Huế by road. It is the closest city to Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site 50 kilometres to the north. Human settlement here can be traced back some 5,000 years, with Stone Age relics found around the lake Bàu Tró, and the site became Đại Việt territory in 1069 after Lý Thường Kiệt defeated Champa.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Vietnam: cities and towns (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.deCities table, 2019 census column
Đồng Hới City QBI 61,332 76,058 91,601
Cities table, census year
Đồng Hới City QBI 61,332 76,058 91,601
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View the Source 2. Đồng Hới (city) (Wikipedia)
Lead, area
The city's area is 155.71 km2
Coastal setting
Đồng Hới has a 12-km-long coastline with white sand beaches
Part Of: Vietnam, Lead
is the former capital city of Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam
In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Lead, place in Vietnam
is the former capital city of Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 17.4831,106.5997
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (17.4831,106.5997); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountainQuote, SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (17.4831,106.5997); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountain
"elevation": 8.0
4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 17.25 106.75 (class Am) containing the city pointQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 17.25 106.75 (class Am) containing the city point
17.25 106.75 Am
5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, current rule (7:00 offset); the comment under it says the entry agrees with all of Vietnam since 1975-06-13Quote, Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, current rule (7:00 offset); the comment under it says the entry agrees with all of Vietnam since 1975-06-13
Ho Chi Minh entry suffices for most purposes as it agrees with all of
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