Hoàn Kiếm Lake

Hoàn Kiếm Lake, also known as Sword Lake or Tả Vọng Lake, is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of , the capital city of .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: Water area in Hoàn Kiếm Ward
  • Also known as: “Hồ Giả Gươm”, “Ho Guom”, “Hồ Gươm”, “Ho Hoan Kiem”, “Hữu Vọng hồ”, “Jezero zelené vody”, “Lục Thủy hồ”, “Petit Lac”, “Sword Lake”, “Tả Vọng hồ”, “Thủy Quân hồ”, “Озеро Возвращённого меча”, “Озеро Гиом”, “Озеро Луктхюї”, “Озеро Поверненого Меча”, “Озеро Тавонг”, “Озеро Тхюїкуан”, “Озеро Хиувонг”, “Озеро Хоан Кием”, “Озеро Хоанк’єм”, “ทะเลสาบคืนดาบ”, and “還剣湖”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Turtle Tower and Ngọc Sơn Temple.

Monument
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The , also called the Tortoise Tower…

Place of worship
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The is located on an islet in Hoàn Kiếm Lake, central , .

Church
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St. Joseph's Cathedral is a Catholic church on Nhà…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hanoi.

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, the capital of and its second-largest…

Hoàn Kiếm Lake

Latitude
21.02889° or 21° 1′ 44″ north
Longitude
105.8525° or 105° 51′ 9″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
7PH72VH3+H2
Geo­Names ID
7533603
Wiki­data ID
Q1151254
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Hoàn Kiếm Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة هوان كيم”
  • Chinese: “还剑湖”
  • Chinese: “還劍湖”
  • Czech: “Jezero navráceného meče”
  • Dutch: “Hoan Kiem Lake”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Hoan Kiem”
  • French: “Lac Hoan Kiem”
  • French: “Lac Hoan-kiem”
  • German: “Hoan-Kiem-See”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Hoàn Kiếm”
  • Italian: “Lago Hoan Kiem”
  • Japanese: “ホアンキエム湖”
  • Khmer: “បឹង ហ័នគៀម”
  • Korean: “호안끼엠 호수”
  • Korean: “호안끼엠호”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Hoàn Kiếm”
  • Russian: “Хоанкьем”
  • Slovenian: “Hoan Kiem”
  • Spanish: “Lago Hoàn Kiếm”
  • Swedish: “Hoan Kiem”
  • Tatar: “Һо Һоан Кием”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบฮหว่านเกี๊ยม”
  • Turkish: “Hoan Kiem Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Хоанк’єм”
  • Uzbek: “Hoan Kiem koʻli”
  • Uzbek: “Hoàn Kiếm koʻli”
  • Venetian: “lago Hoan Kiem”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Hoàn Kiếm”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoàn Kiếm hồ”
  • Wu Chinese: “还剑湖”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hoàn Kiếm district and Cửa Nam.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Turtle Tower and Hồ Hoàn Kiếm.

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Worth a closer look: Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Hoi.

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