| Hai Duong Thành phố Hải Dương |
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Hai Duong
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| Country | Vietnam |
| Province | Hai Duong Province |
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| • Total | 36.53 km2 (14.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2009 est.) | |
| • Total | 58,135 |
Hải Dương () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hai Duong province. Its name is Sino-Vietnamese for "ocean" (海陽).
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Hai Duong city is bordered to the northeast by the Nam Sách District and Thanh Hà District. A branch of the Cái River (literally, "mother river" in Vietnamese) divides the city into two parts, on one side the urban area, on the other side lie rural and industrial outskirts. It is bordered to the west by the Cẩm Giàng District, and to the south by the Gia Lộc and Tứ Kỳ districts, and also a branch of the Sat River. The city is located in the centre of both the Northern Economic Area and of the Hanoi–Hai Phong–Quang Ninh development region as well. Hải Dương is located 58 kilometres (36 mi) from Hanoi, 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Hai Phong, and 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Halong Bay. A railway, National Highway No.5 (Hanoi - Hải Dương - Hai Phong) and National Highway No.18 (Bắc Ninh - Hải Dương - Quảng Ninh) all pass through the province.
Hải Dương Province is also located within the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is bordered by Hai Phong, Quảng Ninh province in the east, Hưng Yên in the west, Bắc Ninh and Bắc Giang in the north, and Thái Bình in the south. With a total area of 1,648 square kilometres (636 sq mi), Hải Dương Province has one major city (Hải Dương) and eleven districts (Bình Giang, Cẩm Giàng, Chí Linh, Gia Lộc, Kim Thành, Thanh Hà, Thanh Miện, Nam Sách, Kinh Môn).
Hải Dương city was built in 1804, and was first called "Thành Đông", referring to the citadel east of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. During the French colonial period, Hải Dương was a town. Before 1968, Hải Dương was a town in the Hải Dương Province, except from 1968 until 1996 during which time it was a town in the Hai Hung Province, because the Hai Hung Province was merged with the Province of Hải Dương and the Hưng Yên Province at that time. On November 6, 1996, Hải Dương became the capital of the Hải Dương Province as it had been before. On August 6, 1997, Hải Dương was established as a city.
Hải Dương city includes 15 wards (urban areas) and 6 communes (rural areas)[1].
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| Head office of Committee | No 2 - Dong-xuan str., Tran Phu ward, Haiduong city |
| Size | 13 wards, 6 communes |
| Location | Center of Hải Dương province |
| Inhabitant | |
| Population | 187 405 people |
| Rural | % |
| Urban | % |
| Area | |
| Area | 71.39 square kilometres (27.56 sq mi) |
| Density | 3 815.7 |
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| President of Committee | Mr Nguyễn Đức Thăm |
| President of commune | Mr Phạm Công Định |
| Native | Mainly Vietnamese |
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