Hưng Hóa province
| Tỉnh Hưng Hóa (省興化) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Province of the Nguyễn dynasty and the French protectorate of Tonkin, French Indochina | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1830–1903 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hưng Hóa province in 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Hưng Hóa | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1830 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hưng Hóa was a former province of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty that located the region what is present-day northwest Vietnam. Its capital was the citadel of Hưng Hóa. The province was taken by French troops commanded by Brière de l'Isle in 1884 from Chinese mercenary Black Flags.