Dĩ An, Bình Dương Province, Southeast, Vietnam
🇻🇳 Dĩ An is a city of Bình Dương Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, about 20 km north of central Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). It is 1,706 km by rail from Hanoi. The town covers 60 km².
Dĩ An consists of seven wards: Dĩ An, An Bình, Bình An, Bình Thắng, Đông Hòa, Tân Bình and Tân Đông Hiệp.
Transport The city is the proposed junction for the Trans-Asian Railway that would connect half a dozen railways in south-east Asia, starting with Cambodia. This line would cross the Cambodian border near Lộc Ninh.
Dĩ An is an important destination of the national railway with two railway stations: Dĩ An and Sóng Thần. The area's tram factory is the largest in South Vietnam. Dĩ An was also the headquarters for the American 1st Infantry Division (nicknamed "The Big Red One") during the Vietnam War. Later in 1969 and 1970 the 1st Infantry Division was withdrawn to the US, and The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment was there until 1972. It also houses the largest bus station in Vietnam, New Eastern Bus Station.
Ho Chi Minh Time
Dĩ An has a population of over 463 people. Dĩ An also forms part of the wider Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area which has a population of over 21,281,639 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Dĩ An has links with:
🇧🇪 Dinant, Belgium 🏴 Exmouth, England 🇪🇸 Lugo, Spain🇮🇩 Jakarta Barat 106.759
🇮🇩 Puri Kembangan 106.734
🇮🇩 South Tangerang 106.717
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 106.7
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh 106.7
Locations Near: Dĩ An 106.767,10.8947
🇻🇳 Thủ Đức 106.772,10.849 d: 5.2
🇻🇳 Thuận An 106.742,10.95 d: 6.8
🇻🇳 Biên Hòa 106.822,10.95 d: 8.6
🇻🇳 Thủ Dầu Một 106.65,10.967 d: 15.1
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 106.7,10.767 d: 16
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh 106.7,10.767 d: 16
🇻🇳 Tân Bình 106.65,10.783 d: 17.8
🇻🇳 Hoa Thanh 106.635,10.779 d: 19.3
🇻🇳 Quan Tan Phu 106.617,10.783 d: 20.5
Antipodal to: Dĩ An -73.233,-10.895
🇵🇪 Oxapampa -75.405,-10.574 d: 19775.1
🇵🇪 Huancayo -75.211,-12.075 d: 19762.8
🇵🇪 Ayacucho -74.217,-13.15 d: 19742.4
🇵🇪 Urubamba -72.199,-13.28 d: 19727
🇵🇪 Andahuaylas -73.383,-13.65 d: 19708.3
🇵🇪 Pucallpa -74.517,-8.383 d: 19702.4
🇵🇪 Cusco -71.967,-13.517 d: 19692.7
🇵🇪 Huánuco -76.233,-9.917 d: 19669.4
🇵🇪 Tingo Maria -75.983,-9.283 d: 19664.7
🇧🇷 Cruzeiro do Sul -72.667,-7.617 d: 19645.3