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Halong City

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Halong City

Port in Quang Yen (or Quang Ninh) province, northern Vietnam, situated 130 km/81 mi east of Hanoi on the Gulf of Tonkin; population (1989) 115,300. There are large, open-cast anthracite mines (the chief mineral resource), the coal being exported from Halong's own docks; tin and antimony are also mined in the area.

Halong City is divided by a small bay; the west side, a tourist site, was formerly named Bai Chai, and the east side Hon Gai.



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