Tuyên Quang
Thành phố Tuyên Quang
City (Class-3)
Tuyên Quang City
Official seal of Tuyên Quang
Seal
Tuyên Quang is located in Vietnam
Tuyên Quang
Tuyên Quang
Location of in Vietnam
Coordinates: 21°49′N 105°13′E / 21.817°N 105.217°E / 21.817; 105.217
Country Vietnam
ProvinceTuyên Quang

Tuyên Quang (listenⓘ) is a city in Vietnam, and is the capital of Tuyên Quang Province.

History

The French post at Tuyên Quang was defended for four months against 12,000 troops of the Yunnan Army and the Black Flag Army by two companies of the French Foreign Legion during the Sino-French War (August 1884 to April 1885).[1] The Siege of Tuyên Quang is still remembered as one of the Legion's most celebrated feats of arms, and is commemorated in the first verse of "Le Boudin", its principal marching song.

During the French protectorate, Tuyên Quang served as a garrison. During the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Viet Minh made the Legionnaires surrender at the memorial to the Battle of Tuyên Quang in the First Indochina War (1946–54).

Administrative divisions

Phuong: Hưng Thành, Nông Tiến, Ỷ La, Minh Xuân, Phan Thiết, Tân Quang, Tân Hà. Communes: Tràng Đà, An Tường, Lưỡng Vượng, An Khang, Thái Long, Đội Cấn.

21°49′N 105°13′E / 21.817°N 105.217°E / 21.817; 105.217

Climate

Climate data for Tuyên Quang
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 32.0
(89.6)		 34.5
(94.1)		 37.1
(98.8)		 39.4
(102.9)		 41.0
(105.8)		 40.5
(104.9)		 38.5
(101.3)		 38.2
(100.8)		 37.3
(99.1)		 35.0
(95.0)		 34.3
(93.7)		 32.6
(90.7)		 41.0
(105.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 19.7
(67.5)		 20.9
(69.6)		 23.8
(74.8)		 28.1
(82.6)		 31.9
(89.4)		 33.1
(91.6)		 33.1
(91.6)		 32.7
(90.9)		 31.8
(89.2)		 29.2
(84.6)		 25.7
(78.3)		 22.0
(71.6)		 27.7
(81.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.1
(61.0)		 17.6
(63.7)		 20.5
(68.9)		 24.3
(75.7)		 27.4
(81.3)		 28.7
(83.7)		 28.6
(83.5)		 28.1
(82.6)		 27.1
(80.8)		 24.6
(76.3)		 21.0
(69.8)		 17.5
(63.5)		 23.5
(74.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 13.8
(56.8)		 15.5
(59.9)		 18.3
(64.9)		 21.7
(71.1)		 24.1
(75.4)		 25.4
(77.7)		 25.6
(78.1)		 25.1
(77.2)		 24.1
(75.4)		 21.7
(71.1)		 18.0
(64.4)		 14.6
(58.3)		 20.7
(69.3)
Record low °C (°F) 2.4
(36.3)		 5.2
(41.4)		 7.1
(44.8)		 12.2
(54.0)		 16.5
(61.7)		 18.8
(65.8)		 20.2
(68.4)		 19.9
(67.8)		 16.9
(62.4)		 10.5
(50.9)		 7.1
(44.8)		 2.9
(37.2)		 2.4
(36.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 27.3
(1.07)		 27.7
(1.09)		 52.5
(2.07)		 115.9
(4.56)		 221.9
(8.74)		 259.7
(10.22)		 291.5
(11.48)		 298.6
(11.76)		 177.4
(6.98)		 119.2
(4.69)		 53.1
(2.09)		 20.3
(0.80)		 1,662.9
(65.47)
Average rainy days 10.6 11.2 14.9 14.6 15.0 15.9 17.8 18.0 12.8 10.5 7.5 6.8 155.5
Average relative humidity (%) 82.4 82.6 83.5 83.0 80.5 81.8 83.0 84.9 83.7 82.5 81.7 80.6 82.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours 62.6 49.9 52.7 96.7 171.5 164.8 181.6 180.1 178.1 153.6 129.1 105.2 1,521.3
Source 1: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[2]
Source 2: The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)[3]

References

  1. ↑ Spencer Tucker Vietnam 1999 - Page 34 "Militarily Tuyên Quang was of dubious importance, but politically it could be immense and the Chinese regulars and Black Flags who invested that place in December 1884 probably saw it as an opportunity to inflict a great psychological defeat ..."
  2. ↑ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).
  3. ↑ The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)


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