Area: 1,257.3 sq. km
Population: 788.5 thousand habitants (2006)
Administrative divisions:
- Districs: Hai Chau, Thanh Khe, Son Tra, Ngu Hanh Son, Lien Chieu, Cam Le.
- Rural districts: Hoa Vang, Hoang Sa.
Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Hoa, Co Tu, Tay...

Geography

Danang City is located in middle of Central Vietnam, between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, separated from Laos Travel by the western Truong Son Mountains. It is surrounded by Thua Thien-Hue along the northern border and Quang Nam on the southern border. It is embraced by the East Sea with 150km of seacoast.

Topography is rather complex. The south is impressive Hai Van Pass with Mang Mountain 1,708m, Ba Na Mountain 1,487m. The east is Son Tra Peninsula, an ideal site of yellow sand beaches, historical remains, and rare bird and animal species. The south is Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains). The seashore is Hoang Sa archipelago with a large fishery.

Climate

Danang is located in the zone of typical tropical monsoon, temperate and equable climate. The city's weather bears the combination of the north and the south climate characters with the inclination to the former. There are two seasons: the wet from August to December and the dry season from January to July, cold waves are occasional but they are of average and short lasting. Average humidity is 83.4%.

Average temperature is about 26ºC, the highest is 28-30ºC in June, July, August, the lowest is 18-23ºC in December, January, February. In Ba Na Mountain, the temperature is 20ºC. Average rainfall is 2,505mm per year that concentrates during October and November.

Tourism


Danang is an ancient land, closely related with the Sa Huynh cultural traditions. Many imposing, palaces, towers, temples, citadels and ramparts, the vestiges from 1st to 13th are still to be seen in Cham Museum

Danang has other various interesting attractions as Ba Na Tourist Resort, Ngu Hanh Son (Marble Mountains) as well as the Linh Ung Pagoda, Han River, and My An, Non Nuoc beaches, stretching on dozens of kilometers...

Transportation

Road: Danang is 108km from Hue, 130km from Quang Ngai, 763km from Hanoi, and 947km from Ho Chi Minh City.

Air: The Danang International Airport is 2.5km south-west of the city center. There are domestic flights to some cities. There are direct flight from Bangkok, Hong Kong, Siem Riep, Taipei and Singapore to Danang City by Vietnam Airlines, PB Air, Siem Riep Air way, Far Transportasion and Sil Airway.

Train:Thong Nhat Express train, which connects Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, stop in Danang.

Water: There are marine routes to international and domestic ports. Tien Sa and Han River ports are located in a very wonderful position.

Danang weather & climate

Danang is in a typical tropical monsoon zone with high temperature and equable climate. The city’s weather is a combination of climatic features of northern and southern Vietnam, with the northern having the more distinct influence. There are two seasons. The wet season lasts from August to December and the dry from January to July. Cold spells are occasional in winter but they are not severe and are short.
The annual average temperature is 25.90C. The highest temperature is 28-300C in the months of June, July and August. The lowest is 18-230C in December, January and February. 1,500-meter-high Mountain Ba Na has an average temperature of 200C.

The average humidity is 83.4%. The highest is 85.67-87.67% in October and November, and the lowest, 76.67-77.33% is in June and July.

On the average, the city receives 2,504.57mm of rainfall a year. The highest rainfall is 550-1,000mm per month in October and November and the lowest 23-40mm per month in January, February, March and April.

The annual average sunshine hours are 2,156.2, with the maximum in May and June of 234 - 277 hours per month and the minimum in November and December of 69 -165 hours per month.

Danang history

In the middle of the 16th century, when Hoi An was a busy center of the south, Danang was only a small port for goods in transit and ship repair. It gradually developed into a commercial port replacing Hoi An in the early 18th century, when European shipbuilding was improved and large deep draught vessels could easily enter Danang Bay.

In 1835, after King Minh Mang ordered: “European vessels are not allowed to anchor to do trade at any harbours except for Han Port”, Danang became the largest commercial port in the central region. The local small-scale industries, including shipbuilding, preliminary processing of agricultural, forestry and fishery products, and trade, services prospered accordingly.

The French colonists, after establishing their domination of the whole of Vietnam in 1889, separated Danang from Quang Nam Province and renamed the city Tourane and under the control of the Governor General of Indochina.

In the early 20th century, Tourane was developed on a European model, which focused on social infrastructure and manufacture technology. Many kinds of economic activity took shape and thrived, such as agricultural production, small-scale industries, export product procesing (tea, food, beverages, ice, alcohol, fish sauce, dried fish), ship building and repair, and services. Together with Hai Phong travel and Sai Gon, Tourane became an important trading center of the country.

In 1950, French gave the authority over the city to the Bao Dai government. In March 1965, American marine units landed and started to set up a big military complex. The city was defined as a centrally governed city in 1967, and accordingly American troops and the Saigon government built up Danang into a political, military and cultural center of the 1st and 2nd tactical zones. Military bases and such infrastructure as the airport, ports, warehouses, roads, public works, communication stations, and banks were constructed. Industries flourished, resulting in the substitution by industrial zones of handicraft workshops. For example, Hoa Khanh Industrial Zone was used for oxygen, acetylene and detergent production, grind and textiles industries. However, the devastating war made thousands of rural people flee in refugee camps. Urban slums appeared, social evils increased and production came to a standstill.

In 1975, after gaining complete independence, Danang (temporarily under Quang Nam tours – Da Nang Province) began to overcome the war’s severe consequences. Regardless of difficulties, the city’s rehabilitation and development had some results, especially after the renovation in 1986.
On 6 July 1996, the tenth session of the 9th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam passed a Resolution separating Quang Nam – Danang Province into Quang Nam Travel and Danang city, which was directly responsible to the central government. The new city of Danang consisted of the previous Danang, Hoa Vang Rural District and Hoang Sa Island District.

Danang economy

Danang City is an industrial centre of the Central Region. In the city there are 900 establishments of mechanized and hand-crafted industries and over 4000 hand-crafted households operating effectively.
Some traditional industries such as garment assembly textile production sea agriculture and forestry products processing consumer goods production embroidery for export play an important role in total production. The production value of manufacturing industry and small enterprises in 1997 occupied 33.5% of the city GDP. In order to achieve the targets of the Government's industrialization and modernization the city industry aims to achieve a 20% increase in annual production value.

Raw materials: consisting of the following:

- Sand mine at Nam O with reserves of 7 million tone Granite mines in the north-west of the city which are the abundant resource for the production of construction materials.
- Eucalyptus bamboo rattan bagasse for paper and fibre production.
- Abundant agricultural and marine resources for the processing and manufacture of food medications and stock feed.
With its favourable geographic position and communication links Danang is well placed to serve as a processing and distribution centre for agricultural and forestry product as well as seafoods and minerals from the Central Region and the Western Highlands
The major seaports are secure and well-positioned with respect to infrastructures as power and water supply postal and communication facilities Investors have the opportunity to set up factories using raw materials imported from neighbouring countries in the region and local manpower.

Manpower:

The majority of the workforce has completed secondary school or higher education Many are technically trained and qualified for their jobs. Of the over 35000 total workforce in various production units 30% are graduates from universities colleges and intermediate level courses or are highly skilled workers. The workforce is one of the potential and advantages of Danang City.