Hà Đông district

Hà Đông District

Quận Hà Đông
Hà Đông District Quận Hà Đông
Urban district
	Hà Trì Temple Vạn Phúc Village Văn Quán Lake Skyline at night
	Seal
	Hà Đông District
	Coordinates: 20°58′N 105°46′E / 20.967°N 105.767°E
Country	Vietnam
Province	Hanoi
Seat	Hà Cầu ward
Wards	17 wards
Area
• Total	49.64 km2 (19.17 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	397,854
• Density	8,000/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Area code	24
Climate	Cwa
Website	[1]

Hà Đông (lit. 'east of the river') is an urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.^[3] The district has 17 wards, covering a total area of 49.64 square kilometres (19.17 sq mi).^[1] As of 2019,^[2] there were 397,854 people residing in the district, the third highest of all districts in Hanoi, after Hoàng Mai. The district borders Thanh Trì district, Thanh Xuân district, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hoài Đức district, Quốc Oai district, Chương Mỹ district, Thanh Oai district.

Hà Đông has a signifianct number of monuments, landmarks, relics, traditional festivals and craft villages.^[4] It is an important transport hub and is also home to various government offices and universities.

Hà Đông was once the capital city of former Hà Tây province. In 2009, it became an urban district of Hanoi due to the incorporation of Hà Tây Province to Hanoi.

Wards

Hà Đông district is subdivided to 17 wards, including:

Biên Giang
Dương Nội
Đồng Mai
Hà Cầu
Kiến Hưng
Mộ Lao
Nguyễn Trãi
Phú La
Phú Lãm
Phú Lương
Phúc La
Quang Trung
Trần Phú
Vạn Phúc
Văn Quán
Yên Nghĩa
Yết Kiêu

Climate

Climate data for Hà Đông District
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	32.4 (90.3)	34.9 (94.8)	38.9 (102.0)	39.9 (103.8)	41.3 (106.3)	42.5 (108.5)	40.0 (104.0)	39.6 (103.3)	37.5 (99.5)	35.5 (95.9)	35.0 (95.0)	30.7 (87.3)	42.5 (108.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	19.9 (67.8)	20.8 (69.4)	23.3 (73.9)	27.5 (81.5)	31.5 (88.7)	33.4 (92.1)	33.2 (91.8)	32.4 (90.3)	31.3 (88.3)	29.2 (84.6)	25.8 (78.4)	22.1 (71.8)	27.5 (81.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	16.5 (61.7)	17.8 (64.0)	20.3 (68.5)	24.0 (75.2)	27.1 (80.8)	29.0 (84.2)	29.1 (84.4)	28.4 (83.1)	27.2 (81.0)	24.9 (76.8)	21.6 (70.9)	18.0 (64.4)	23.7 (74.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	14.3 (57.7)	15.8 (60.4)	18.4 (65.1)	21.7 (71.1)	24.3 (75.7)	26.0 (78.8)	26.3 (79.3)	25.8 (78.4)	24.6 (76.3)	22.7 (72.9)	18.7 (65.7)	15.3 (59.5)	21.1 (70.0)
Record low °C (°F)	5.4 (41.7)	6.1 (43.0)	7.3 (45.1)	13.3 (55.9)	16.5 (61.7)	20.4 (68.7)	22.5 (72.5)	21.9 (71.4)	19.0 (66.2)	12.0 (53.6)	8.4 (47.1)	3.6 (38.5)	3.6 (38.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	28.2 (1.11)	26.5 (1.04)	45.0 (1.77)	83.1 (3.27)	189.4 (7.46)	232.5 (9.15)	254.6 (10.02)	293.5 (11.56)	228.8 (9.01)	184.8 (7.28)	87.4 (3.44)	36.9 (1.45)	1,687.6 (66.44)
Average rainy days	9.6	11.7	15.2	13.6	14.5	14.4	15.6	16.3	13.7	10.8	7.6	6.2	149.8
Average relative humidity (%)	83.3	85.3	86.8	88.1	85.5	82.5	82.5	85.7	86.1	82.9	81.2	80.2	84.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours	65.7	49.7	50.1	87.8	170.2	167.1	181.9	167.0	162.4	146.1	133.2	110.3	1,477.8
Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology^[5]