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HOCHIMINH CITY- OVERVIEW
Ho
Chi Minh City
is located in a
special geographical position, converging many favorable
conditions for economic development. Since olden time,
the City has been a most strategic area on the South, a
dense and prosperous trade center, a gate and a relation
clue with foreign
Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) is vibrant and charming, filled with friendly people, an alluring
culture, and all the conveniences of a modern city.
Dynamic and ambitious, it is the safest, fastest-growing
city in
Southeast Asia
. With a rising economy,
a well-educated populace, and modern facilities,
HoChiMinh
City
is considered the economic, cultural, scientific, and
technological hub of the country.
The
total area of
Ho Chi Minh City
is 2,056 square kilometers.
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The
urban area with 140 square kilometers includes 19 districts and counties. The rural area
is large, of 1,916 square kilometers, comprising
5 sub-districts with 98 communes. The distance between the City center and the sea-shore is 50 km by bee line
and
the distance from the City center to
Hanoi
is 1,730 km by roadway
in the Southeast. The
East
Sea
borders the South. Tay Ninh province borders the
North. Long An province borders The
West. Song Be and Dong Nai provinces borders the East.
The average height is 6m above the sea water level. The Appearance geography is high
in the North - Northeast and is Gradually
low in the South-Southwest.
The
City has a network of rivers, of canals intermingling the Surface of over 2,900 ha; that
is very convenient for navigation and irrigation.
The
temperature is mild, at the average of 27oC - 29oC.
The difference in
temperature between the highest month and the lowest month does not surpass 5C. The
annual rainfall is about 2,000mm. The average
humidity is 75-80%.
There
are two seasons in a year. The rainy season lasts from May to November. The sunny season
lasts from December to April of the next year. Two mainly annual wind directions are West - Southwest and
North - Northeast. There are nearly no storms or
floods in many years.
With
respect to tertiary education, there are about 262,000
university students and 41,600 college and vocational school
students yearly.
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