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'{{for multi|the province|Lào Cai Province|the Burmese town|Laukkai}} {{Expand Vietnamese|Lào Cai (thành phố)|topic=geo|date=August 2010}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name = Lào Cai | official_name = Lào Cai City | native_name = Thành phố Lào Cai | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Provincial city (Vietnam)|City (Class-2)]] | image_skyline = Lào Cai.jpg | imagesize = 280px | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = {{Infobox mapframe|frame-width=280}} | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Vietnam <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Vietnam | pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Vietnam}} <!-- the name of the country --> | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Vietnam|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Lào Cai province|Lào Cai]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | seat_type = | seat = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | established_title = Established city<!-- Settled --> | established_date = 30 November 2004 <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> | area_footnotes = <ref name=NQ896>{{cite web|url=https://thuvienphapluat.vn/van-ban/Bo-may-hanh-chinh/Nghi-quyet-896-NQ-UBTVQH14-2020-sap-xep-cac-don-vi-hanh-chinh-cap-huyen-cap-xa-tinh-Lao-Cai-435413.aspx|title=Nghị quyết số 896/NQ-UBTVQH14 năm 2020 về việc sắp xếp các đơn vị hành chính cấp huyện, cấp xã thuộc tỉnh Lào Cai|date=2020-01-11}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 282.13<!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_min_ft = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref name=NQ896/> | population_note = | population_total = 130,671 | blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] | blank_info = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cwa]] | coordinates = {{coord|22|28|50|N|103|58|30|E|region:VN|display=inline,title}} }} '''Lào Cai''' ({{IPA-vi|làːw kāːj||Lao Cai.ogg}}) is a city in the [[Northwest (Vietnam)|Northwest]] region of [[Vietnam]]. It is the capital of [[Lào Cai Province]]. The city borders [[Bảo Thắng District]], [[Bát Xát District]], [[Sa Pa]] and the city of [[Hekou Yao Autonomous County]], in [[Yunnan]] province of [[southwest China]]. It lies at the junction of the [[Red River (Vietnam)|Red River]] (Sông Hồng) and the [[Nanxi River (Yunnan)]], approximately 160 miles (260&nbsp;km) northwest of [[Hanoi]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/place/Lao-Cai Lào Cai profile in Britannica Online Encyclopedia]</ref> It is a market town for timber, and the [[Lào Cai Railway Station]] is located on the [[Hải Phòng]] railway to Yunnan Province in China. ==History== The town was [[Battle of Lao Cai|invaded by China in 1979]] and the border was closed until 1993.<ref>[http://www.accessvietnam.net/vietnamtravel/laocai_sapa/laocai_sapa.html Lào Cai info. at AccessVietnam Travel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216230242/http://www.accessvietnam.net/vietnamtravel/laocai_sapa/laocai_sapa.html |date=2007-12-16 }}</ref><ref>Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David: ''Vietnam Past and Present: The North'' (History and culture of Hanoi and Tonkin). Chiang Mai. Cognoscenti Books, 2012. ASIN: B006DCCM9Q.</ref> The town has a [[carbide]] factory. ==Climate== Lào Cai has a dry-winter [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cwa''), similar to most of Northern Vietnam. {{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |location = Lào Cai |Jan high C = 20.1 |Feb high C = 21.3 |Mar high C = 25.3 |Apr high C = 28.8 |May high C = 32.1 |Jun high C = 32.7 |Jul high C = 32.7 |Aug high C = 32.4 |Sep high C = 31.3 |Oct high C = 28.7 |Nov high C = 25.1 |Dec high C = 21.9 |year high C = 27.7 |Jan mean C = 15.7 |Feb mean C = 17.0 |Mar mean C = 20.7 |Apr mean C = 24.2 |May mean C = 27.0 |Jun mean C = 27.9 |Jul mean C = 27.9 |Aug mean C = 27.5 |Sep mean C = 26.3 |Oct mean C = 24.0 |Nov mean C = 20.2 |Dec mean C = 17.0 |year mean C = 23.0 |Jan low C = 13.3 |Feb low C = 14.5 |Mar low C = 17.9 |Apr low C = 21.1 |May low C = 23.6 |Jun low C = 24.7 |Jul low C = 24.9 |Aug low C = 24.4 |Sep low C = 23.3 |Oct low C = 21.2 |Nov low C = 17.5 |Dec low C = 14.3 |year low C = 20.0 |Jan record high C = 31.4 |Jan record low C = 1.4 |Feb record high C = 34.6 |Feb record low C = 5.6 |Mar record high C = 38.0 |Mar record low C = 6.8 |Apr record high C = 39.0 |Apr record low C = 10.0 |May record high C = 42.8 |May record low C = 14.8 |Jun record high C = 41.0 |Jun record low C = 18.7 |Jul record high C = 40.4 |Jul record low C = 20.0 |Aug record high C = 40.0 |Aug record low C = 17.3 |Sep record high C = 38.6 |Sep record low C = 15.8 |Oct record high C = 37.2 |Oct record low C = 8.8 |Nov record high C = 34.8 |Nov record low C = 5.8 |Dec record high C = 32.8 |Dec record low C = 2.8 |year record high C = 42.8 |year record low C = 1.4 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 22 |Feb rain mm = 33 |Mar rain mm = 58 |Apr rain mm = 129 |May rain mm = 171 |Jun rain mm = 239 |Jul rain mm = 302 |Aug rain mm = 355 |Sep rain mm = 222 |Oct rain mm = 153 |Nov rain mm = 54 |Dec rain mm = 27 |year rain mm = 1764 |Jan rain days = 7.8 |Feb rain days = 8.8 |Mar rain days = 11.5 |Apr rain days = 15.8 |May rain days = 16.8 |Jun rain days = 18.7 |Jul rain days = 20.9 |Aug rain days = 21.1 |Sep rain days = 15.8 |Oct rain days = 14.8 |Nov rain days = 10.2 |Dec rain days = 7.7 |year rain days = 169.8 |Jan humidity = 84.8 |Feb humidity = 84.0 |Mar humidity = 82.5 |Apr humidity = 83.1 |May humidity = 81.4 |Jun humidity = 84.4 |Jul humidity = 85.8 |Aug humidity = 86.0 |Sep humidity = 85.5 |Oct humidity = 85.8 |Nov humidity = 86.3 |Dec humidity = 85.8 |year humidity = 84.6 |Jan sun = 80.4 |Feb sun = 76.9 |Mar sun = 105.0 |Apr sun = 144.9 |May sun = 189.2 |Jun sun = 148.9 |Jul sun = 166.6 |Aug sun = 168.1 |Sep sun = 162.5 |Oct sun = 129.9 |Nov sun = 105.4 |Dec sun = 110.6 |year sun = 1588.4 |source 1 = Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology<ref name=IBST>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180722172120/http://ibst.vn/DATA/nhyen/QCVN%2002-2009%20BXD%20So%20lieu%20tu%20nhien.pdf | archive-date = 22 July 2018 | url = http://ibst.vn/DATA/nhyen/QCVN%2002-2009%20BXD%20So%20lieu%20tu%20nhien.pdf | title = Vietnam Building Code Natural Physical & Climatic Data for Construction | publisher = Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology | access-date = 3 August 2018}}</ref> |source 2 = The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)<ref>[https://seadelt.net/Asset/Source/Document_ID-247_No-01.PDF The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)]</ref>}} ===Topography and geology=== The city has diverse topographical and geological features, including hill, mountainous, half mountainous, coastal plains and coastal sand dunes. The hilly region is in the west, stretching from north to south (in parts of communes: Dong Son, Thuan Duc) with an average elevation of 12–15 m, with total area of 64.93&nbsp;km², 41.7% of the city total area. Residents here live on agriculture, forestry, farming. The soil in this area is poor in nutrition, infertile and subject to continuous erosion due to its slope of 7-10%. The half hilly region surrounds a plain with an average elevation of 10 m from north-east - north to north-west – south-west and south – south-east.{{clarify|date=November 2015}} This region covers commues and wards of Bắc Lý, Nam Lý, Nghĩa Ninh, Bắc Nghĩa, Đức Ninh, Đức Ninh Đông, Lộc Ninh and Phú Hải with total area of 62.87&nbsp;km², or accounts for 40.2% of the city total area. Residents here lives on industrial, handcraft, trading and a small percentage lives on farming. This region is not very fertile, subject to alum. However, thanks to the heavy distribution of rivers and lakes, ponds and pools, it's better for agriculture than the hilly region. The plain with the average of 2.1 m, with little slope, accounting for 0.2% of the city area (5.76&nbsp;km²). Most of the city's commercial, administrative and main streets concentrate in this narrow regions. Coastal sand dune area is on the east of the city, with an area of 21.98&nbsp;km², making up 14,3% of the total area.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} ==Demographics== As of 2020 the city had a population of 130,671, covering an area of 282.13&nbsp;km².<ref name=NQ896/> Ethnic minorities in Lào Cai used to speak [[Southwestern Mandarin]] and [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] to each other when their languages were not mutually intelligible.<ref name="Ito2013">{{cite book|author=Masako Ito|title=Politics of Ethnic Classification in Vietnam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WpOJWLT1J7gC&q=southwestern+mandarin+franca&pg=PA137|year=2013|publisher=Kyoto University Press|isbn=978-1-920901-72-1|pages=137–}}</ref> ==Administrative divisions== Lào Cai City is officially divided into 17 commune-level sub-divisions, including 10 wards (Bắc Cường, Bắc Lệnh, Bình Minh, Cốc Lếu, Duyên Hải, Kim Tân, Lào Cai, Nam Cường, Pom Hán, and Xuân Tăng) and 7 rural communes (Cam Đường, Cốc San, Đồng Tuyển, Hợp Thành, Tả Phời, Thống Nhất, Vạn Hòa).<ref name=NQ896/> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://laocai.gov.vn/}} {{Cities in Vietnam}} {{Districts of Northwest Vietnam}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lao Cai}} [[Category:Populated places in Lào Cai province]] [[Category:Provincial capitals in Vietnam]] [[Category:Districts of Lào Cai province]] [[Category:Cities in Vietnam]] [[Category:China–Vietnam border crossings]] [[Category:Lào Cai province]]'