Thai Nguyen is known as the political, cultural and socio-economic center of Thai Nguyen province and the Northern VietNam. It has played an important role in the socio-economic development of Thai Nguyen province and the whole northern mountainous provinces due to its convenient location.
Thai Nguyen is a provincial city of Thai Nguyen province, ranked at the third largest city in the North after Ha Noi and Hai Phong, a 10th populous city nationwide and a center of the midland region and northern mountainous region. Thai Nguyen has become a city since 1962 and it is seen as an industrial city
Thai Nguyen city is classified as a grade-1 urban grade 1city under Thai Nguyen province ( previously under Bac Thai province) , a political, economic, cultural, scientific, technical, and medical, tourism and service center, of Thai Nguyen province in particular, of the northern midland and mountainous region in general, the center of midland, northern mountain, 80 km far from Ha Noi.
Thai Nguyen is adjacent to Dong Hy district and Phu Luong district to the north, Song Cong town to the east, Dai Tu district to the west, Pho Yen district and Phu Binh district to the south.
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Under governance of |
Province |
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People’s Committee headquarter |
10 Nguyen Du st, Trung Vuong ward, Thai Nguyen city
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Location |
Thai Nguyen center |
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Area |
186,30 km² |
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Communes/ wards |
19 wards, 9 communes |
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Population |
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Population |
330,707 people (2010) |
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- Urban |
~75% (2011) |
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- Rural |
~25% % (2011) |
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Population density |
1,351 people/km² (2008); |
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Ethnicity |
8 ethnic groups |
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Administration |
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Permanent Party Committee |
Doan Thi Hao- Member of the Provincial Standing Committee- Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee Mai Dong Kinh- Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee- Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Le Quang Tien- Member of the Provincial Party Committee- Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee- Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee |
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Permanent People’s Council |
Mai Dong Kinh- Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee- Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Duong Thi Thu Hang- Member of Provincial Standing Committee- Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Trieu Dich Dung- Member of the Municipal Party Committee - Permanent Member of the People’s Council |
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Leaders of The People’s Committee |
Le Quang Tien- Member of the Provincial Party Committee- Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee- Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Quan Chi Cong- Member of Provincial Standing Committee- Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vu Thi Bich Thuy- Member of Provincial Standing Committee- Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hoang Mac-Member of the Municipal Party Committee - Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Quang Minh- Member of the Municipal Party Committee - Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee |
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Maps of Thai Nguyen city
Administrative divisions
Thai Nguyen consists of 19 wards: Cam Giá, Đồng Quang, Gia Sàng, Hương Sơn, Quán Triều, Quang Trung, Hoàng Văn Thụ, Phan Đình Phùng, Phú Xá, Quang Vinh, Tân Lập, Tân Long, Tân Thành, Tân Thịnh, Thịnh Đán, Tích Lương, Trung Thành, Trưng Vương, and Túc Duyên
And 8 communes: Cao Ngạn, Đồng Bẩm, Phúc Hà, Phúc Trìu, Phúc Xuân, Quyết Thắng, Tân Cương, and Thịnh Đức.
