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

A frequent service of See also:

steam launches connects the town with the ports of Thuan-an, at the mouth of the river, and Tourane, on the See also:bay of that name. Tourane is also See also:united to Hue by a railway opened in 1906. In the vicinity the See also:chief See also:objects of See also:interest are the tombs of the dead See also:kings of Annam.

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