 The People's Council of Hòa Bình Province decided in February 2006 to make Hòa Bình the capital of the province.Hòa Bình Province was created on June 22, 1886, following the decree of Tonkin with the name "Mường Province", splitting Mường majority areas from Hưng Hóa Province, Sơn Tây Province, Hanoi and Ninh Bình Province.Its name derives from the Sino-Vietnamese 和平, meaning "peace."