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Also known as Mount Fansipan

Fansipan (Vietnamese: Phan Xi Păng , ) is a mountain in Vietnam. Its height was originally measured at in 1909, but this value was later adjusted to . It is the highest mountain on the Indochinese peninsula (comprising Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), hence its nickname, "the Roof of Indochina". It is located in the Lào Cai province of the Northwest region of Vietnam, southwest of Sa Pa, in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Administratively, it is shared between Tam Đường District, Lai Châu and Sa Pa town.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Fansipan
Mountain.other_name
Phan Xi Păng
Mountain.photo
Fansipan_Summit.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Monument at the summit of Fansipan
Mountain.photo_size
200
Mountain.country
Vietnam
Mountain.region
Lai Châu, Lào Cai
Mountain.district
Tam Đường, Sa Pa
Mountain.elevation_m
3147.3
Mountain.prominence_m
1617
Mountain.listing
Country high pointUltraRibu
Mountain.location
Lào Cai Province, Vietnam
Mountain.map
Vietnam
Mountain.map_size
200
Mountain.label_position
right
Mountain.easiest_route
Cable car

via Wikipedia infobox

Article · Italiano

Il Fan Si Pan (in vietnamita Phan Xi Păng) è la cima più elevata del Vietnam e di tutta l'Indocina. Situata all'estremo nord del paese, è meta di turismo naturalistico per la sua elevata biodiversità. Il versante orientale del Fan Si Pan, alle alte quote, ospita un rarissimo endemismo botanico: si tratta di Abies delavayi fansipanensis, una sottospecie di abete classificata come specie in pericolo critico di estinzione nella Lista rossa IUCN, con ormai circa 200-250 esemplari maturi vegetanti, di cui pochi in grado di riprodursi.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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