Sơn Tây (town)
District-level town in Red River Delta, Vietnam
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Sơn Tây (IPA: [ʂɤ̄n tʌ̄j], ⓘ) is a former district-level town of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
Sơn Tây Town
Thị xã Sơn Tây Tỉnh Sơn Tây | |
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View of Mông Phụ communal hall. | |
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 Interactive map of Sơn Tây Town | |
  Sơn Tây Town Location within Vietnam | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Red River Delta |
| Municipality | Hà Nội |
| Established | May 8, 2009 |
| Dissolved | June 16, 2025 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Ward-level authority |
| • People Committee's Chairman | Nguyễn Thị Thu Hương[1] |
| • People Council's Chairman | Ngô Đình Ngũ[1] |
| • Front Committee's Chairman | Hứa Đức Tuấn[1] |
| • Party Committee's Secretary | Ngô Đình Ngũ[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 113.5 km2 (43.8 sq mi) |
| Population (April 1, 2019)[1] | |
• Total | 230,577 |
| • Density | 2,032/km2 (5,262/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Kinh |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
| ZIP code | 10000–12700[note 1] |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Website | sontay |
History
The name Sơn Tây means "the west of the mountain", which was derived from its geographical location. This term Sơn Tây only referred to the Old Citadel, which lies to the northwest of Tản Viên Peak.[citation needed]
Middle ages
20th century
The town used to be Sơn Tây city, which was the capital of Sơn Tây province before merging with Hà Đông province to form Hà Tây province in 1965. Sơn Tây lies 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the capital Hanoi. However, when Hà Tây was absorbed into Hanoi, Sơn Tây was demoted from a city to a town.[2]
It is often referred to as “soldier town” due to the proliferation of army barracks and military institutions that surrounds the town, including the Vietnamese People's Army Infantry Academy.
21st century
Sơn Tây's future is seen as being very much that of a satellite city of Hanoi and as a result there are plans to relocate universities and other public facilities to Sơn Tây where land is cheaper and more plentiful. The government has planned to complete this project by duplicating the main Hanoi—Sơn Tây carriageway which is expected to be completed in 2009.
Culture
Sơn Tây is known for its thousand year old villages, such as Đường Lâm which retains a collection of vernacular architecture with buildings and temples built using laterite bricks. Và Temple, or Đông Cung, dedicated to Tản Viên, is located on a hill covered with ironwood trees in Vân Giã hamlet, Trung Hưng commune.[note 2] Phạm Văn Đổng, a general of the Republic of Vietnam, was from Sơn Tây.
Sơn Tây citadel, 1884
A Vietnamese cash coin with the characters Sơn Tây (山西) written on it from right-to-left. This coin was produced by the Sơn Tây Mint.
Drawing of Sơn Tây citadel in the Nguyễn dynasty
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Sơn Tây Ward | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
34.0 (93.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
40.4 (104.7) |
40.5 (104.9) |
41.6 (106.9) |
40.1 (104.2) |
39.1 (102.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
41.6 (106.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
27.6 (81.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.1 (41.2) |
4.5 (40.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 25.6 (1.01) |
24.6 (0.97) |
43.3 (1.70) |
96.1 (3.78) |
216.6 (8.53) |
262.9 (10.35) |
311.8 (12.28) |
314.6 (12.39) |
224.3 (8.83) |
158.4 (6.24) |
63.0 (2.48) |
22.0 (0.87) |
1,751.2 (68.94) |
| Average rainy days | 9.7 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 13.1 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 149.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83.8 | 85.0 | 86.7 | 87.2 | 84.6 | 82.9 | 83.6 | 85.4 | 84.6 | 82.4 | 81.3 | 80.4 | 84.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 65.5 | 48.8 | 49.3 | 91.6 | 172.4 | 165.4 | 181.1 | 173.4 | 170.5 | 151.3 | 130.5 | 108.9 | 1,494.7 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
