Ha Long was a first-class provincial city and the capital of Quang Ninh Province in northeastern Vietnam, about 178 kilometers east of Hanoi. It was formed in 1993 by merging the old provincial capital, Hon Gai, with the tourist area of Bai Chay, and mainly lies along the shore of Ha Long Bay, bounded by the Gulf of Tonkin. According to the 2019 census its population was 270,054 across 1,119.12 square kilometers. Its economy shifted from coal mining toward tourism starting in 2012, driven by the large numbers of visitors drawn to Ha Long Bay each year. Ha Long ceased to exist as a provincial city on 1 July 2025, following the elimination of district-level units in Vietnam.
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Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Hạ Long
GeoNames geonameid 1580410 (Hạ Long), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Hạ Long (Wikipedia)
Infobox: established_dateQuote, Infobox: established_date
16 June 2025
3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 20.9491,107.1045
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (20.9491,107.1045); 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 (20.9491,107.1045); 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": 4.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 20.75, 107.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 20.75, 107.25
20.75 107.25 Cwa
5. GeoNames: Hạ Long - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1580410, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1580410, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
20.95045 107.07336 P PPLA VN 22 193 270054 8 Asia/Bangkok
Ha Long provincial city (Wikipedia)
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Hạ Long is a ward serving as the administrative center of Quảng Ninh, Vietnam.
Hạ Long (city) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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