Hà Đông () was an urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The district had 17 wards, covering a total area of . As of 2019, there were 397,854 people residing in the district, the third highest of all districts in Hanoi, after Hoàng Mai. The district borders Thanh Trì district, Thanh Xuân district, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hoài Đức district, Quốc Oai district, Chương Mỹ district, Thanh Oai district.
Hà Đông has a significant number of monuments, landmarks, relics, traditional festivals and craft villages. It is an important transport hub and is also home to various government offices and universities.
Hà Đông was the capital city of the former Hà Tây province. In September 2009, it became an urban district of Hanoi follow the annexation of Hà Tây Province into Hanoi a year ago, due to the confusion of keeping Hà Đông (and Sơn Tây) in the city-status or change it as those area was promoted into city-status recently then and the government still not has laws for city under a municipality then until 2016 when municipal city is in the official administrative division.
Wards Hà Đông district is subdivided to 17 wards, including: Biên Giang Dương Nội Đồng Mai Hà Cầu Kiến Hưng Mộ Lao Nguyễn Trãi Phú La Phú Lãm Phú Lương Phúc La Quang Trung Trần Phú Vạn Phúc Văn Quán Yên Nghĩa Yết Kiêu
Climate
See also Hồ Đắc Điềm, past governor Hà Tây province, historic province Hanoi, capital of Vietnam
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