Hà Tây province

Historical province of Vietnam

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Province in Red River Delta, Vietnam

Hà Tây province

Tỉnh Hà Tây

Province

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Location of Hà Tây within Vietnam

Coordinates: 20°50′N 105°40′E﻿ / ﻿20.833°N 105.667°E﻿ / 20.833; 105.667
Country|  Vietnam
Region| Red River Delta
Capital| Hà Đông
Government

• People's Council Chair| Khuất Hữu Sơn
Area

• Total

| 2,192.1 km2 (846.4 sq mi)
Population

(2004)

• Total

| 2,500,000
• Density| 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Demographics

• Ethnicities| Vietnamese, Mường, Dao, Tày
Time zone| UTC+7 (ICT)
Calling code| 343
ISO 3166 code| VN-15

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Hà Tây (listenⓘ) was a former province of Vietnam, in the Red River Delta, now part of Hanoi.

## Geography

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Hà Tây province was located in the Red River Delta bordering Hanoi municipality, Hưng Yên, Hà Nam, Hòa Bình, and Phú Thọ provinces. The Việt account for 99% of the province's population; the remaining population is of the Mường and Dao ethnic groups.

The subtropical monsoon climate is divided into three geographic microclimates: the plains, with a hot and humid climate dominated by marine winds; the foothills, with a continental climate affected by western winds; and the montane centering on the peaks of Ba Vì, with a cool climate and an average temperature of 18 °C.

Famous sites include Hương Temple, Tây Phương Temple, and hundreds of caves, which were used as homes. Most festivals and activities in Hà Tây take place during the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd months after Tết. The most famous are the pilgrimage to Hương Pagoda, along with the Thầy Temple and Tây Phương Temple Festivals.

Hà Tây province is situated to the southwest of the entrance to the capital city of Hanoi. Consequently, all the tourist attractions in the province are approximately 50 km from the center of Hanoi, making them easily accessible by land.

Before being merged into Hanoi City on August 1, 2008, Hà Tây was subdivided into 14 district-level sub-divisions:

* 12 districts:
* Ba Vì
* Chương Mỹ
* Đan Phượng
* Hoài Đức
* Mỹ Đức
* Phú Xuyên
* Phúc Thọ
* Quốc Oai
* Thạch Thất
* Thanh Oai
* Thường Tín
* Ứng Hòa
* 2 provincial cities:
* Hà Đông (former capital, and currently an urban district within Hanoi)
* Sơn Tây (currently a district-level town within Hanoi)

At the time, those were further subdivided into 22 commune-level towns (or townlets), 405 communes, and 26 wards.

## History

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The province was first created in 1967 and was dissolved in 1976 when it was merged with Hòa Bình Province into Hà Sơn Bình Province. Its name Hà Tây was grafted from "Hà Đông" and "Sơn Tây", two old provinces in the Gulf of Tonkin.

The province was dissolved and both Hà Tây and Hòa Bình reverted into separate provinces on August 12, 1991.

On May 29, 2008 the decision was made to subsume Hà Tây into the city of Hanoi. The merger took place on August 1, 2008.[1]

## Culture

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In Hà Tây, it is worthy to mention festival tour first because it lasts all the year round. All the festivals bear typical characteristics of traditional festivals of North delta (Red River) which show the religious belief or respect of the inhabitants for different gods and heroes. Each festival can be considered as a living museum containing culture, traditions of the nation to be represented by different ceremonies such as statue-bathing, fish-catching, etc. or by folk games as wrestling, water puppet, Chèo Singing, Dô Singing, cooking contests, etc.

Some festivals in Hà Tây province are well known in Vietnam and the world of which Hương (Perfume) Temple is the most noteworthy because it is the longest and most interesting, attracting about half a million visitors every year. Next attention should be paid to Dô Singing Festival in Quốc Oai district which is only organised once in the every 36 years; Chèo Tàu Boat Singing Festival being performed once in every 30 years; Other famous festivals are Thầy Temple festival, Kite-flying festival in Bá Giang - Đan Phượng, Tây Phương Temple festival, Dâu Temple festival, Và Temple festival, Hát Môn Temple festival.

Hà Tây province was a very old land, having long history, which leads to the appearance of 2,388 cultural, historical, and religious relics of which 12 relics are famous and being classified by Ministry of Culture and Information as especially important. These are:

* Thầy Temple being closely linked to a famous monk Từ Đạo Hạnh
* Bối Khê Temple, Trăm Gian Temple being belonging to a hero called Nguyễn Bình An
* Tây Phương Temple – cultural essence of Tây Sơn regime time
* Mía Temple, which has the most Buddhist statues in Vietnam (287)
* Đậu Temple is unique in the sense that it has two real (corpse) statues of two monks; several renowned communal houses such as Tây Đằng, Chu Quyến, Đại Phú, Hoa Xá.

## See also

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* Hà Nam
* Vĩnh Phú

## References

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1. ^ "VnExpress - Địa giới Hà Nội chính thức mở rộng từ 1/8 - Dia gioi Ha Noi chinh thuc mo rong tu 1/8". Archived from the original on 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2008-05-29.

## External links

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Subdivisions of Vietnam

Municipalities|

| Northern|

* Haiphong
* Hanoi

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Central|

* Huế
* Da Nang

Southern|

* Cần Thơ
* Ho Chi Minh City

Provinces|

| Northeast|

* Bắc Giang
* Bắc Kạn
* Cao Bằng
* Hà Giang
* Lạng Sơn
* Phú Thọ
* Quảng Ninh
* Thái Nguyên
* Tuyên Quang

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Northwest|

* Điện Biên
* Hòa Bình
* Lai Châu
* Lào Cai
* Sơn La
* Yên Bái

Red River Delta|

* Bắc Ninh
* Hà Nam
* Hải Dương
* Hưng Yên
* Nam Định
* Ninh Bình
* Thái Bình
* Vĩnh Phúc

North Central Coast|

* Hà Tĩnh
* Nghệ An
* Quảng Bình
* Quảng Trị
* Thanh Hóa

South Central Coast|

* Bình Định
* Bình Thuận
* Khánh Hòa
* Ninh Thuận
* Phú Yên
* Quảng Nam
* Quảng Ngãi

Central Highlands|

* Đắk Lắk
* Đắk Nông
* Gia Lai
* Kon Tum
* Lâm Đồng

Southeast|

* Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu
* Bình Dương
* Bình Phước
* Đồng Nai
* Tây Ninh

Mekong Delta|

* An Giang
* Bạc Liêu
* Bến Tre
* Cà Mau
* Đồng Tháp
* Hậu Giang
* Kiên Giang
* Long An
* Sóc Trăng
* Tiền Giang
* Trà Vinh
* Vĩnh Long

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