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Key facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Province
- Thái Nguyên Province
- Founded
- October 19, 1962
- Chairman of the people s committee
- Trịnh Việt Hùng
- Chairman of the people s council
- Phạm Hoàng Sơn
- Total
- 170.7 km (65.9 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,860/km (4,800/sq mi)
- Climate
- Cwa
- Website
- thainguyencity .gov .vn
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Thái Nguyên (listen) is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital and largest city of Thái Nguyên Province. The city is listed as a first class city and is the ninth largest city in Vietnam. It has long been famous throughout Vietnam for its Tân Cương tea, among the most recognized Vietnamese tea regions. In 1959, it became the site of Vietnam's first steel mill, and is now home to a large and growing major regional university complex.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thái Nguyên” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.