Hòa Bình province

Hòa Bình Province is a mountainous province of Vietnam in the Tonkin region. It borders Phu Tho Province and Son La Province to the northwest, Ha Tay Province to the north and northeast, Ha Nam Province to the east, Ninh Binh Province to the south and Thanh Hoa Province to the south. In 2004, the GDP per capita of the province was estimated to be 228USD (equivalent to 3.6 million Vietnamese dong.

Administrative areas

Hòa Bình consists of one capital district and ten districts:

• Hòa Bình - capital
• Đà Bắc
• Mai Châu
• Kỳ Sơn
• Cao Phong (separated from Kỳ Sơn in 2001 [1])
• Lương Sơn
• Kim Bôi
• Tân Lạc
• Lạc Sơn
• Lạc Thủy
• Yên Thủy

The People's Council of Hòa Bình Province decided in February 2006 making Hoa Binh the capital of the province.

History

Hòa Bình Province was created in June 22 1886 following the decree of Tonkin with the name Mường Province, splitting Muong majority areas from Hung Hoa Province, Sơn Tây Province, Hà Nội Province and Ninh Binh Province. The province was administered from Chợ Bờ (in Đà Bắc) hence it was also known as Chợ Bờ Province, until it November of the same year, it was relocated to Phương Lâm district (today in Bất Bạt district, Hà Tây province). In April 1888 it was renamed to Phương Lâm Province, by the French colonial authorities.

On March 18, 1891 the Governor-General of French Indochina decreed that the name of the province would change to Hòa Bình Province with six districts: Lương Sơn, Kỳ Sơn, Lạc Sơn, Lạc Thủy, Mai Châu and Đà Bắc.

• Hoa Binh information