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Lai Châu is a province located in northwestern Vietnam, in a mountainous region bordering China. It is home to several ethnic minority groups and plays a role in Vietnam's geography and cultural diversity.
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Key facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Region
- Northwest
- Type
- Province
- Body
- Lai Châu Provincial People's Council
- Chairman of people s council
- Giàng Páo Mỷ
- Chairman of people s committee
- Lê Văn Lương
- Total
- 9,068.73 km (3,501.46 sq mi)
- Density
- 56.5240/km (146.397/sq mi)
- Th i
- 31.05%
- M ng
- 23.97%
- Vietnamese
- 15.91%
- Dao
- 12.79%
- H nh
- 3.47%
Article
Lai Châu ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [lāi cʌ̄w] ) is a mountainous province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. Lai Châu was a semi-independent White Tai confederation known as Sip Song Chau Tai, was absorbed by France into French Indochina in the 1880s and became part of Vietnam following Vietnamese independence in 1954. It became part of the Northwest Autonomous Area of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1955 to 1975, when Lai Châu province was formed. Điện Biên province was carved out of Lai Châu in 2004. The province covers an area of about 9,069 km (3,501 mi) and as of 2022 it had a population of 482,100 people.
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