Phủ Lý Hà Nam | |
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| Phủ Lý City Thành phố Phủ Lý | |
 Phủ Lý on theriver Đáy | |
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| Coordinates:20°32′28″N105°54′50″E / 20.54111°N 105.91389°E /20.54111; 105.91389 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Hà Nam |
| Area | |
• Total | 87.87 km2 (33.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 136,654 |
| • Density | 1,555.1/km2 (4,028/sq mi) |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Website | phuly |
Phủ Lý is the capital city ofHà Nam Province ofVietnam 60 km south ofHanoi on theriver Đáy.
Phủ Lý was taken by the Frenchcanonnièrel'Espingole and 28 men captained by Adrien-Paul Balny d'Avricourt on October 26 1873, shortly before Balny's death together withFrancis Garnier at Hanoi's West Gate.[1]
In the aftermath of World War II, Phủ Lý was where a significant number ofVNQDĐ leaders were captured by the Việt Minh in 1946.[2] The city was attacked by retreating French forces on June 30 1954, shortly before the country was liberated.[3]
It was almost completely destroyed by the Americans in five days of bombing between July 14 and November 5, 1966.[4][5]
Michael Maclear writes of the area afterwards as 'a wasteland without life':
| Climate data for Phủ Lý | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.8 (91.0) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.3 (99.1) | 41.8 (107.2) | 40.1 (104.2) | 41.0 (105.8) | 40.4 (104.7) | 40.2 (104.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.0 (95.0) | 35.2 (95.4) | 31.5 (88.7) | 41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.6 (87.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.7 (74.7) | 27.2 (81.0) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 23.6 (74.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 21.2 (70.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 5.9 (42.6) | 6.9 (44.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 14.0 (57.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | 5.2 (41.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 33.5 (1.32) | 29.7 (1.17) | 56.4 (2.22) | 87.6 (3.45) | 209.1 (8.23) | 243.2 (9.57) | 257.8 (10.15) | 307.6 (12.11) | 310.0 (12.20) | 215.5 (8.48) | 78.6 (3.09) | 34.3 (1.35) | 1,862.7 (73.33) |
| Average rainy days | 10.5 | 13.6 | 17.8 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 159.4 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 84.3 | 86.6 | 88.6 | 88.2 | 85.1 | 82.2 | 82.0 | 85.9 | 85.9 | 83.0 | 81.5 | 80.8 | 84.5 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 70.6 | 43.4 | 42.9 | 86.1 | 176.3 | 170.5 | 185.0 | 164.5 | 162.7 | 151.6 | 131.6 | 113.9 | 1,497.2 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology,[7] Nchmf.gov.vn (August record high)[8] | |||||||||||||
