Quảng Yên | |
Settlement Type: | Town (Class-4) |
Official Name: | Quảng Yên Town |
Native Name: | Thị xã Quảng Yên |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Vietnam##Location within Southeast Asia##Location within Asia |
Pushpin Map: | Vietnam#Southeast Asia#Asia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | north-east |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quảng Ninh |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 2011 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 314.202 |
Area Urban Km2: | 151.7868 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 180,028 |
Population Density Km2: | 444.2 |
Population Urban: | 85,493 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | 563.2 |
Timezone: | UTC + 7 |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 20.9389°N 106.8°W |
Quảng Yên is a county-level town of Quảng Ninh Province in the north-east region of Vietnam. The Bạch Đằng River flows through Yên Hưng. As of 2003 the district had a population of 137,198.[1] The town was established by 2011 from former district of Yên Hưng, which covers an area of 314,2 km².[2] Quảng Yên border Hạ Long city and Halong bay to the East, Thủy Nguyên, Cát Hải district, Hải Phòng city to the west and south, Uông Bí, Hoành Bồ district to the North.
The town consists of 11 wards: Cộng Hòa, Đông Mai, Hà An, Minh Thành, Nam Hòa, Phong Cốc, Phong Hải, Quảng Yên, Tân An, Yên Giang, Yên Hải, and 8 communes: Cẩm La, Hoàng Tân, Hiệp Hòa, Liên Hòa, Liên Vị, Sông Khoai and Tiền An.