Dĩ An
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Dĩ An
Thành phố Dĩ An | |
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Di An City | |
Bình Dương | |
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• Chairman of the People's Committee | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
Website | dian |
Dĩ An is a
Bình Dương Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, about 20 km north of central Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). It is 1,706 km by rail from Hanoi. At the 2009 census the city had a population of 73,859.[1]
The town covers 60 km².
Dĩ An consists of seven wards: Dĩ An, An Bình, Bình An, Bình Thắng, Đông Hòa, Tân Bình and Tân Đông Hiệp.
Transport
The city is the proposed junction for the Trans-Asian Railway that would connect half a dozen railways in southeast Asia, starting with
Lộc Ninh
.
Dĩ An is an important destination of the national railway with two railway stations: Dĩ An and Sóng Thần. The area's tram factory is the largest in South Vietnam. [citation needed] Dĩ An was also the headquarters for the American
New Eastern Bus Station
.
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dĩ An.
- ^ "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
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