Âu Lạc
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Âu Lạc (Traditional Chinese: 甌雒/甌駱; pinyin: Ōuluò) is the name of a kingdom considered as an ancestor to the Vietnamese people, existing from 257 BC to 207 BC, with its capital at Cổ Loa (about thirty-five kilometers north of present-day Hanoi). The country had only one monarch, Thục Phán under the ruling title An Dương Vương, creating the Thục Dynasty. The kingdom was later conquered by a Qin army led by Zhao Tuo, and incorporated into what would eventually become the kingdom of Nanyue (Vietnamese: Nam Việt).

