Hoa Lư District
Hoa Lư is a former district of Ninh Bình province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. Before 1010, Hoa Lư served as the capital of Đại Cồ Việt. Hoa Lư Ancient Capital is located in Trường Yên Commune.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: rural district of Vietnam with 66,900 residents
- Description: district in Ninh Bình province, Vietnam
- Also known as: “Hoa Lu”, “Hoa Lư district”, and “Huyen Hoa Lu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoa Lu ancient capital.
Hoa Lu ancient capital
Photo: Kien1980v, Public domain.
Hoa Lư was the capital of Vietnam from 968 to 1009. It lies in Trường Yên Thượng village, Hoa Lư, Ninh Bình Province. The area is one of ricefields broken by limestone mountains, and is approximately 90 km south of Hanoi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ninh Binh.
Ninh Binh
Ninh Binh is a city of 300,000 people in Ninh Binh Province of North Vietnam. The area features dramatic karst scenery, sometimes described as the "inland Ha Long Bay". It was also an ancient capital of Vietnam, from 968 to 1009.
Hoa Lư District
- Location: Ninh Binh, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Hoa Lư District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Huyện Hoa Lư”
- Chinese: “Hoa Lư Koān”
- Chinese: “華閭縣”
- French: “District de Hoa Lư”
- Japanese: “ホアルー県”
- Japanese: “華閭県”
- Korean: “호알르현”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hoa Lư Koān”
- Vietnamese: “Hoa Lư”
- Vietnamese: “Huyện Hoa Lư”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thung Nang and King Dinh temple.
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