Cát Hải District
Cát Hải district
Huyện Cát Hải | |
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Cát Hải district Location of Cát Hải in Vietnam | |
Coordinates: 20°49′01″N 107°00′00″E / 20.817°N 107.000°ECoordinates: 20°49′01″N 107°00′00″E / 20.817°N 107.000°E | |
Country | Vietnam |
Municipality | Haiphong |
Capital | |
Area | |
• Total | 345.31 km2 (133.32 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 32,090 |
• Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Cát Hải is a rural district (huyện) of Hai Phong, the third largest city of Vietnam. It includes the old Cát Bà town since 1977.[1]
As of 2018 the district had a population of 43,187. The districts covers an area of 295 km2 (114 sq mi). The district capital lies at [2]
.The island is subject to major land developments. Vinfast is building an automobile factory on the southern half of the island,[3] and Sun Group is developing a holiday resort on the northern half. A 5.44 km long bridge - the longest sea crossing in Vietnam - connects the island to Hai Phong.
References[]
- ^ Leontine E. Visser - Challenging Coasts Page 216 2004 "From an administrative point of view, Cat Hai Island belongs to Cat Hai District, which consists of hundreds of islands ... In a spatial as well as an economic sense, the district is dominated by Cat Hai Island and neighbouring Cat Ba Island to ."
- ^ "Districts of Vietnam". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ "GM forms partnership with Vietnam's VinFast". Financial Times.
External links[]
- Media related to Cat Hai District at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Districts of Haiphong
- Hong River Delta geography stubs