Tuyên Quang (City)
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| Basic data | |||
| Country: |
 Vietnam
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| Region: | North Vietnam ( Bắc Bộ ) | ||
| Region : | Northeast ( Đông Bắc Bộ ) | ||
| Province : | Tuyên Quang | ||
| ISO 3166-2: VN : | VN-07 | ||
| Coordinates : | 21 ° 49 ′ N , 105 ° 13 ′ E | ||
| Waters : | River Lô | ||
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| City residents : | 56,000 (2006) | ||
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| Time zone : | UTC +7: 00 | ||
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| Website: | www.tuyenquang.gov.vn | ||
Tuyên Quang is a city in Vietnam and the capital of the Tuyen Quang province of the same name .
geography
Tuyên Quang is about 110 kilometers northwest of Hanoi and about 120 kilometers south of China . It also consists of the three districts Phan Thiết, Tân Quang and Minh Xuân, through which the River Lô also flows.
Residents
The population of the city of Tuyên Quang was around 56,000 in 2006.
history
The Foreign Legion defended a French position at Tuyên Quang for four months against 12,000 members of the Yunnan and Black Flag Army during the Franco-Chinese War (August 1884 to April 1885). The siege of Tuyên Quang is still considered one of the most significant acts of the Foreign Legion and is therefore commemorated in the first verse of Le Boudin , the marching song of the Foreign Legion.
Tuyên Quang served as a garrison in Indochina, but it was captured by the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War .
Tuyên Quang in the Vietnamese language
A well-known Vietnamese proverb is Chè Thái, gái Tuyên , which means something like get tea from Thái (Nguyên) and women from Tuyên (Quang).
Personalities
- Adrienne Horvath (1925–2012), French politician, member of the National Assembly