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Encyclopedia Britannica



HUE

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 853 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HOR-I25
HUE , a town of French Indo-China,
capital
  of Annam, on the Hue river (Song-Huong-Giang) about 8 m. from its mouth in the China Sea. Pop. about 42,000, of whom 240 are Europeans. The country immediately surrounding it is flat, alluvial land, traversed by streams and canals and largely occupied by
rice
  fields. Beyond the plain rises a circle of hills formed by spurs of the mountains of Annam. The official portion of the town, fortified under French superintendence, lies on the left bank of the river within an enclosure over 7300 yds. square. It_contains the royal palace, the houses of the native ministers and officials, the arsenals, &c. The palace stands inside a
separate
  enclosure. Once forbidden ground, it is to-day open to foreigners, and the citadel is occupied by French troops. The palace of the French
resident
 -general and the European
quarter
 , opposite the citadel on the right bank of the Hue, are connected with the citadel by an iron
bridge
 . Important suburbs adjoin the official town, the villages of Dong-Bo, Bo-vinh, Gia-Ho, Kim-
Long
  and Nam-Pho forming a sort of commercial belt around it. Glass-and
ivory
 -working are carried on, but otherwise industry is of only local importance.
Rice
  is imported by way of the river. A frequent service of steam launches connects the town with the ports of Thuan-an, at the mouth of the river, and Tourane, on the bay of that name. Tourane is also united to Hue by a
railway opened in 1906. In the vicinity the
chief
  objects of
interest
  are the tombs of the dead kings of Annam.


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