Đà Nẵng

Đà Nẵng pronunciation ^?^/ⁱ is a large city in central Vietnam . It was also known under the name Tourane during French colonial rule . It is located on the delta of the Han River. In the north, the cloud pass joins as a weather divide, not far from the old imperial city of Huế . Da Nang has a population of around one million. The city is directly subordinate to the central government and is therefore on a par with a province. It is the fifth largest city in Vietnam after Ho Chi Minh City , Hanoi , Hải Phòng and Cần Thơ .

The city has a natural harbor, which once made Da Nang an important trading point on the Pacific Ocean .

history

Ganesha in the Cham Museum

Đà Nẵng lay in the catchment area of the old Cham empire in central Vietnam.

Colonial times

In 1847, French warships bombed the city, ostensibly due to the alleged persecution of Catholic missionaries. During the Cochinchina Campaign in 1858, French troops of the Second Empire occupied the city with Spanish support, but were forced to retreat by Vietnamese troops in 1860. Since the French had already conquered Saigon and other areas in southern Vietnam, they were able to secure rule over three southern provinces in the Treaty of Saigon in 1862 . In the period that followed, the French expanded their possessions and Đà Nẵng also came under their rule as part of the Annam protectorate .

French troops at the Battle of Tourane (Danang)

Vietnam War

During the Vietnam War , Đà Nẵng served as an important naval base for the US armed forces. During that time, Da Nang developed into one of the largest cities in South Vietnam.

At the beginning of the Vietnam War , the first US combat troops landed on China Beach south of Da Nang in Vietnam in 1965 . From 1967 to 1972, Đà Nẵng was also the anchorage of the hospital ship “ Helgoland ”, a converted seaside resort ship of the German shipping company HADAG , from which the German Red Cross chartered it. Doctors, nurses and nursing staff from the Malteser Relief Service provided humanitarian aid to civilian victims of the Vietnam War in Da Nang. Five Maltese volunteers were kidnapped by a Viet Cong unit. Two were later released and the other three were killed.

Shortly before the Tet offensive , the North Vietnamese began to besiege the fortress of Khe Sanh on January 21, 1968 ( Battle of Khe Sanh ). A relief by the US 1st Cavalry Division was not until April 6, 1968. The approximately 6,000 beleaguered Marines had an air bridge to be supplied. The Đà Nẵng Air Base was the northernmost air base in South Vietnam and was therefore of great importance for the supply flights.

On March 30, 1975, the city was captured by communist troops during the Vietnam War .

climate

Da Nang has a tropical monsoon climate with two seasons: a long rainy season from May to January and a short dry season from February to April. Temperatures are high all year round with an average annual temperature of 25.9 ° C. It is warmest between June and August (33–34 ° C daily average) and the coldest between December and February (18–19 ° C).

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Đà Nẵng

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	24.8	26.1	28.7	31.0	33.4	33.9	34.3	33.9	31.5	29.6	27.0	24.9	O	29.9
Min. Temperature (° C)	18.5	19.8	21.5	23.3	24.9	25.5	25.3	25.5	24.1	23.2	21.6	19.3	O	22.7

Precipitation ( mm )	96.2	33.0	22.4	26.9	62.6	87.1	85.6	103.0	349.7	612.8	366.2	199.0	Σ	2,044.5

Hours of sunshine ( h / d )	4.4	5.4	5.8	7.0	8.2	8.0	7.8	7.0	5.8	5.1	4.6	4.0	O	6.1

Rainy days ( d )	13.7	6.9	4.8	5.6	8.9	8.0	8.6	11.4	15.4	21.2	20.9	18.6	Σ	144

Humidity ( % )	83	83	83	82	79	76	75	77	81	84	84	84	O	80.9

Source: Meteorological Organization ; wetterkontor.de

economy

Some of Central Vietnam's agricultural products, such as rice, dried fish, tea and fish sauce, are exported via the port. With the completion of the transport corridor from Đà Nẵng via Laos to Mukdahan in northeast Thailand , imports and exports from Thailand, especially the neighboring country Laos, will also be handled via Đà Nẵng. The completion of an oil refinery has also increased the city's economic importance. Since the lifting of the US trade embargo in 1994, companies from South Korea and Japan have settled in Da Nang.

The German retail group Metro has opened a branch in Da Nang (the third next to Hanoi and Saigon).

The Cham Museum with outstanding exhibits of the Cham culture and the caves of the Marble Mountains south of the city on the way to Hội An are of touristic importance . The port of Da Nang is regularly called by cruise ships from Japan and the USA. In 1997 the luxury hotel "Furama" was opened in Da Nang.

Da Nang International Airport , Vietnam's third largest airport, is located in the city .

Attractions

Various sights of Da Nang

67 m high Bodhisattva statue on the Son Tra peninsula

The city of Danang as seen from the Son Tra peninsula

Cham museum

Cathedral (1923)

China Beach (a surfer's paradise)

Marble mountains

Cloud Pass (496 m above sea level) - 22 km north of Da Nang

Statue of the Bodhisattva QuanÂm on the Son Tra peninsula

Bà Nà Hills Resort (1489 m above sea level) - 32 km west of Da Nang

A stretch of beach in Da Nang

bridges

The sights also include the bridges with their special architecture.

Trần Thị Lý bridge
Dragon Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Rồng)
Hàn River Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu sông Hàn)
Thuận Phước Bridge
AH17 road bridge
Lê Đức Thọ bridge

The Trần Thị Lý Bridge
The dragon bridge
The Hàn River Bridge
The Thuận-Phước Bridge

politics

administration

Đà Nẵng is directly subordinate to the central government and equated with the provincial administrative unit . This extended urban area is divided into 6 urban districts, 1 administrative district and the controversial archipelago Paracel Islands .

City districts: Cẩm Lệ , Hải Châu , Liên Chiểu , Ngũ Hành Sơn (Marble Mountains), Sơn Trà , Thanh Khê
Rural districts: Hòa Vang , Hoàng Sa ( Paracel Islands ).

Port partnership

Japan Kawasaki (Kanagawa) , Japan

Town twinning

Vietnam Hoi Phong ( Vietnam )
Turkey Izmir ( Turkey ), since 1998
Taiwan Kaohsiung ( Republic of China (Taiwan) )
Macau Macau ( People's Republic of China )
Russia Nizhny Novgorod ( Russia )
United States Oakland, California ( United States of America)
United States Pittsburgh ( United States of America), since 2008
Russia Yaroslavl ( Russia )

sons and daughters of the town

Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri (* 1956), clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Lạng Sơn and Cao Bằng
PQ Phan (* 1962), Vietnamese composer living in the USA
Trần Anh Hùng (* 1962), Vietnamese-French film director
James Nguyen (* 1966), Vietnamese-American film producer and director
Hiep Thi Le (1970-2017), Vietnamese-American actress
John Phan (* 1974), American professional poker player
Mỹ Tâm (* 1981), singer

Individual evidence

↑ Héduy, P .: History of Indochina . Ed .: Albin Michel, 1998. ISBN 2-226-09965-4 .

↑ Thomazi Conquête: 29–31 and 38–41; Histoire militaire, 24-5 and 26-7 .

^ Research by Johannes Max Riemann

↑ New York Times report, March 30, 1975: Da Nang's Fall Feared Imminent; US Ships Sent to Help Refugees , accessed March 29, 2010

↑ Nizhny Novgorod relations ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Russian and Vietnamese partnership ( Memento of February 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

literature

Monika Schwinn, Bernhard Diehl; Hans Herlin (ed.): A handful of humanity . The authentic report of the two surviving Maltese helpers. Droemer-Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1973, ISBN 3-426-05587-2 .

Movie

Hans-Dieter Grabe : Only light fights in the Da Nang area (D 1970) - Adolf Grimme Prize in silver

Web links

Commons : Da Nang - collection of images, videos and audio files

Detailed information from Da-Nang.de
Johannes Max Riemann: The white ship of hope. In: Der Spiegel . February 21, 2008, accessed April 22, 2020 .
All roads lead to Vietnam's Danang

[1] Héduy, P .: History of Indochina . Ed .: Albin Michel, 1998. ISBN 2-226-09965-4 .

[2] Thomazi Conquête: 29–31 and 38–41; Histoire militaire, 24-5 and 26-7 .

[3] Research by Johannes Max Riemann

[4] New York Times report, March 30, 1975: Da Nang's Fall Feared Imminent; US Ships Sent to Help Refugees , accessed March 29, 2010