Hanoi Capital Region

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Hanoi Capital Region or Hanoi Metropolitan Area (Vietnamese: Vùng thủ đô Hà Nội) is a metropolitan area currently planning by the government of Vietnam. This metropolitan area was created by decision 490/QD-TTg dated May 5, 2008 of the Prime Minister of Vietnam. Hanoi will be the core city of this metropolitan area. Other component parts will include provinces: Vĩnh Phúc Province, Hưng Yên Province, Bắc Ninh Province,Hải Dương Province, Hà Nam Province and Hòa Bình with an area of 13,436 km², half of the size of Greater Ho Chi Minh City, the same for population size planning.

As Hà Tây as been merged into Hanoi by a resolution of the National Assembly of Vietnam in June 2008, this metropolitan area will include Hanoi and six surrounding provinces.

As of 2006, this metropolitan area has a population of 12.462 million, of which, 3.26 million live in urban areas, by 2020, the number will be 14.5-15 and 8.1-9.2 million respectively.

Component localities

This metropolitan area will straddle in following provinces:[1]

Major cities

Current cities and towns (as of 2008)

Major adjacent cities:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vùng Thủ đô Hà Nội sẽ rộng 13.436km2, gồm 8 tỉnh, TP". 2008-08-203publisher=VietNamNet. 

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