Hoàn Kiếm district
Hoàn Kiếm is one of the four original urban districts of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. It is named after the scenic Hoàn Kiếm Lake. The lake is in the heart of the district and serves as the focal point of the city's public life.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 136,000 residents
- Description: urban district in Hanoi, Vietnam
- Also known as: “Hoàn Kiếm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.
Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long
Photo: Sky 269, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long is a complex of historic buildings associated with the history of Vietnam located in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam. Its construction began in 1010 and was completed in early 1011 under the reign of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ of the Lý dynasty.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
Photo: Gregor Dodson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hoa Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton)
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hỏa Lò Prison was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thái Hà Ấp.
Thái Hà Ấp
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Thái Hà Ấp is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Hoàn Kiếm district.
Hoàn Kiếm district
- Category: urban district of Vietnam
- Location: Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Northern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Hoàn Kiếm district” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Quận Hoàn Kiếm”
- Chinese: “Hoàn Kiếm Kūn”
- Chinese: “还剑郡”
- Chinese: “還劍郡”
- French: “District de Hoan Kiem”
- Italian: “Distretto di Hoàn Kiếm”
- Japanese: “ホアンキエム区”
- Japanese: “還剣区”
- Khmer: “ស្រុកហ័នគៀម”
- Korean: “호안끼엠군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hoàn Kiếm”
- Russian: “Хоанкьем”
- Spanish: “Hoan kiem”
- Spanish: “Hoàn Kiếm”
- Swedish: “Hoan Kiem”
- Urdu: “ہوآن کیئم ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Hoàn Kiếm (quận)”
- Vietnamese: “Hoàn Kiếm”
- Vietnamese: “Q. Hoàn Kiếm”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Hoàn Kiếm”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hồ Hoàn Kiếm and Turtle Tower.
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