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Hà Tĩnh | |
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| Hà Tĩnh City Thành phố Hà Tĩnh | |
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| Coordinates:18°20′N105°54′E / 18.333°N 105.900°E /18.333; 105.900 | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Hà Tĩnh |
| Upgraded to city | 28 May 2007 |
| Government | |
| • People's Committee President | Nguyễn Văn Quý |
| • People's Association President | Hà Văn Trọng |
| • Secretary | Dương Tất Thắng |
| Area | |
• Total | 230 km2 (89 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 380,000 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | 95%Kinh 5% other ethnicities |
| Climate | Cfa/Am |
| Website | hatinhcity |
Hà Tĩnh (Vietnamese:[hâːtǐŋ̟ˀ]ⓘ) is a city inVietnam.[1] It is the capital ofHà Tĩnh Province, and lies in theNorth Central Coast region. It is located on National Highway 1A. The Vietnamese capitalHanoi is located 340 km north of Hà Tĩnh,Vinh is located 50 km to the north, and Huế is located 314 km to the south. Hà Tĩnh is 12.5 km from theSouth China Sea.
Hà Tĩnh city consists of 16 administration units: 10 wards and 6 communes:
There are many tertiary education institutions such as Hà Tĩnh University, Hà Tĩnh College of Medicine, Nguyễn Du Cultural, Sports and Tourism College, Hà Tĩnh Vocational College of Technology and Vietnam-Germany College of Vocation. Some high schools include Hà Tĩnh Senior High School, Phan Đình Phùng High School and Thành Sen (Lotus City) High School.
The city doesn't have it own airport with air transport being served by the nearest airport,Vinh International Airport which is located approximately 63 km north of the nearby province ofNghệ An.
Hà Tĩnh has a marginal and unusually wettropical monsoon climate (KöppenAm) bordering on both an unusually wethumid subtropical climate (Cfa) and a trade-windtropical rainforest climate (Af) – the last of these being a rare climate type in Vietnam. The heaviest rain is inthe northeast monsoon season from September to November, when 1,616 millimetres or 63.6 inches can be expected, but rainfall exceeds 50 millimetres or 2 inches even in the driest months of the “spring” season. The weather during the “winter” season from December to February is warm, humid and somewhat rainy, whilst the “summer” from May to August is hot to sweltering although drier than most of Indochina due to the influence of the mountains to the southwest.
| Climate data for Hà Tĩnh | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.5 (94.1) | 36.2 (97.2) | 39.4 (102.9) | 43.2 (109.8) | 41.5 (106.7) | 40.1 (104.2) | 40.7 (105.3) | 39.7 (103.5) | 38.5 (101.3) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.3 (95.5) | 30.4 (86.7) | 43.2 (109.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.5 (83.3) | 32.4 (90.3) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.3 (93.7) | 33.1 (91.6) | 30.8 (87.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 24.8 (76.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 27.7 (81.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 24.2 (75.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.9 (76.8) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 19.7 (67.5) | 16.7 (62.1) | 21.7 (71.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.0 (46.4) | 8.2 (46.8) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.3 (72.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 6.8 (44.2) | 5.6 (42.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 95.9 (3.78) | 59.8 (2.35) | 61.3 (2.41) | 78.0 (3.07) | 152.5 (6.00) | 138.7 (5.46) | 114.1 (4.49) | 231.9 (9.13) | 525.6 (20.69) | 728.0 (28.66) | 312.2 (12.29) | 159.8 (6.29) | 2,651.4 (104.39) |
| Average rainy days | 15.0 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 11.6 | 14.8 | 18.0 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 157.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 89.9 | 91.3 | 90.4 | 87.0 | 80.5 | 74.8 | 73.4 | 79.3 | 85.1 | 87.3 | 87.4 | 87.3 | 84.4 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 70.7 | 53.0 | 73.1 | 135.8 | 219.3 | 210.8 | 226.5 | 191.8 | 156.5 | 129.5 | 94.4 | 73.5 | 1,629.6 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[2] | |||||||||||||
18°20′N105°54′E / 18.333°N 105.900°E /18.333; 105.900
Districts ofNorth Central Coast of Vietnam | ||
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| Thanh Hóa province |  | |
| Nghệ An province | ||
| Hà Tĩnh province | ||
| Quảng Bình province | ||
| Quảng Trị province | ||
| Huế |
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