Thai Binh is a city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam, about 110 kilometers southeast of Hanoi, where it was the capital of Thai Binh Province before the province was merged into Hung Yen Province under Vietnams 2024-2025 administrative restructuring. As of 2019 its population was 206,037 across 67.7 square kilometers. The settlement grew up near Keo Pagoda, built in 1061, and held town status until June 2004, when the prime minister declared it a city.
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Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Thai Binh (city) (Wikipedia)
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Thái Bình () is a city in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam.
Infobox: established_date
29 April 2004
In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Lead
Thái Bình () is a city in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam.
View the Source2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 20.4461,106.3422
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (20.4461,106.3422); 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 (20.4461,106.3422); 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": 5.0
3. 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 20.25 106.25 (class Cwa) containing the city pointQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 20.25 106.25 (class Cwa) containing the city point
20.25 106.25 Cwa
4. 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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