Long Biên district
Long Biên is an urban district of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The district currently has 14 wards, covering a total area of 59.82 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: urban district of Vietnam
- Description: district of Hanoi city, Vietnam
- Also known as: “Long Biên”, “Quan Long Bien”, and “Quận Long Biên”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gia Lam Airport and Gia Lam.
Gia Lam Airport
Aerodrome
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Gia Lam Airport is an airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, located in Long Biên District, on the eastern bank of the Red River. It is primarily a military field, used by the Vietnam People's Air Force, with MiG-21 fighters and Kamov Ka-28 helicopters stored in revetments.
Gia Lam
Railway station
Gia Lâm station is a railway station in Vietnam, in the north eastern Long Biên District of Hanoi. It serves the city of Hanoi. It is the terminus of the standard-gauge railway linking Vietnam to China, known as the Hanoi–Đồng Đăng railway.
Opera House
Theater building
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The Hanoi Opera House, or the Grand Opera House is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911. Opera House is situated 4 km southwest of Long Biên district.
Long Biên district
- Location: Hanoi, Northern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Long Biên district” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Quận Long Biên”
- Chinese: “Long Biên Kūn”
- Chinese: “龍編郡”
- French: “District de Long Bien”
- German: “Long Biên (Bezirk)”
- German: “quận Long Biên”
- Japanese: “ロンビエン区”
- Japanese: “龍編区”
- Korean: “롱비엔군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Long Biên”
- Russian: “Лонгбьен”
- Vietnamese: “Long Biên”
- Vietnamese: “quận Long Biên”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Long Biên”
- “Long Biên district”
- “quận Long Biên”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gia Lam station and Long Bien Bridge.
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