Thanh Oai district explained

Thanh Oai district
Settlement Type:District
Native Name:Huyện Thanh Oai
Pushpin Map:Vietnam Hanoi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Red River Delta
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Hanoi
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Kim Bài
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:Indochina Time
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:20.8537°N 105.7684°W

Thanh Oai is a rural district (huyện) of Hanoi in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.

Geography

Thanh Oai district is bordered by Thường Tín district to the east, Thanh Trì district to the northeast, Chương Mỹ district to the west, Phú Xuyên district and Ứng Hòa district to the south, Hà Đông district to the north.

Subdivisions

The district is subdivided to 21 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of Kim Bài (district capital) and the rural communes of Bích Hòa, Bình Minh, Cao Dương, Cao Viên, Cự Khê, Dân Hòa, Đỗ Động, Hồng Dương, Kim An, Kim Thư, Liên Châu, Mỹ Hưng, Phương Trung, Tam Hưng, Tân Ước, Thanh Cao, Thanh Mai, Thanh Thùy, Thanh Văn, Xuân Dương.

The village of Ước Lễ in Tân Ước commune is famous for its chả lụa.