Phúc Yên is a former city in Vĩnh Phúc Province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.Atlas of the World, Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 226. As of 2003 the district had a population of 83,352. The district covers an area of 120 km2. The district capital lies at Phúc Yên. The city is on National Route 2 heading North-West out of Hanoi to the city of Vĩnh Yên.Tim Doling North East VietNam: mountains and ethnic minorities 2000 Page 52 "Leaving the capital, National Road 2 heads through Phúc Yên to the town of Vĩnh Yên, 53 kilometres north west of Hà Nội."
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