Tây Hồ District

Tây Hồ is an urban district located on the north side of central , the capital city of . The district wraps around the , one of the largest natural lakes of Vietnam.
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  • Type: urban district of Vietnam with 160,000 residents
  • Description: Urban District of Hanoi
  • Also known as: “Quan Tay Ho”, “Tay Ho”, “Tây Hồ”, and “Tây Hồ district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Lake and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

Lake
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is the biggest freshwater lake of , , located northwest of the city center. With a shore length of 17 kilometres and 500 hectares in area, this is the largest lake of the capital and a popular place for recreation with many surrounding gardens, hotels and villas.

Photo: Gregor Dodson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The President is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President Ho Chi Minh in , . is situated 4 km southeast of Tây Hồ District.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Thang Nguyen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trấn Quốc Pagoda, the oldest Buddhist temple in Hanoi, is located on a small island near the southeastern shore of 's West Lake, .

Tây Hồ District

Latitude
21.0686° or 21° 4′ 7″ north
Longitude
105.8192° or 105° 49′ 9″ east
Population
160,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
7PH73R99+CM
Geo­Names ID
1905129
Wiki­data ID
Q1048642
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Tây Hồ District” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Quận Tây Hồ”
  • Chinese: “Tây Hồ Kūn”
  • Chinese: “西湖郡”
  • French: “District de Tay Ho”
  • Japanese: “タイホ区”
  • Japanese: “テイホー区”
  • Japanese: “西湖区”
  • Korean: “떠이호군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tây Hồ”
  • Persian: “منطقه تای هوو”
  • Persian: “ناحیه تای هوو”
  • Russian: “Тэйхо”
  • Swedish: “Tay Ho”
  • Urdu: “تاے ہؤ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Tây Hồ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Hồ”

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