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Lào Cai

province of Vietnam
Administrative Area Province Of Vietnam Q36446

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
provinces of Vietnam
Official website
www.laocai.gov.vn[22]

Location

Country
Vietnam[2]
Location
Northern midlands and mountainous[18]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 22.300°, 104.167°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Vietnam[1]
Shares border with
Yunnan, Lai Châu, Sơn La, Tuyên Quang, Phú Thọ[4][5][6][7][8]

Population and size

Area
+6364.25, +13257[27]
Elevation above sea level
+213[26]
Population
+770590, +1656600[23][24]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 770,590 · 1,656,600 GeoNames 743,401 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
020, 214[21]
Located in time zone
UTC+07:00[20]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata UTC+07:00 GeoNames Asia/Bangkok edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code
31000–31999[19]
More facts +7
Capital
Yên Bái[3]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Bắc Hà, Bảo Thắng, Bảo Yên, Bát Xát, Lào Cai, Mường Khương, Sa Pa, Si Ma Cai, Văn Bàn[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Vietnam/Lào Cai
Language used
Nung, Sapa, Iu Mien, Phukha, Tai Dón, Kháng, Laghuu, Bouyei, Tai Dam, Hani, Hmong Njua, Thu Lao, Hmong Dô[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
Replaces
Yên Bái[25]
Rural population
+564090[42]
Urban population
+206500[41]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lào Cai en Lao Cai ar محافظة لاو كاي ar مقاطعه لاو كاي cs Lào Cai de VN-02 de Provinz Lao Cai el Λάο Κάι es Provincia de Lào Cai es Lào Cai fa استان لائو کای fr Province de Lao Cai he לאו קאי hi लाओ काई id Provinsi Lao Cai it provincia di Lao Cai ja ラオカイ省 ko 라오까이성 pl Prowincja Lao Cai pl Prowincja Lào Cai
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
155902231
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n00049536
GND ID
4694379-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Fansipan-vietnam.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15572400r
FAST ID
1338473
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
VM90, VM56
Freebase ID
/m/024s17
GNS Unique Feature ID
-3733752
GeoNames ID
1562412
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7594827
HASC
VN.LO
Show all 24 identifiers +12
INaturalist place ID
97354
ISO 3166-2 code
VN-02
IdRef ID
224986597
J9U entity ID
987007475735005171
Mindat locality ID
31258
MusicBrainz area ID
c3a1f7b6-f50d-4a88-8fa0-1c61c6b08043
NL CR AUT ID
ge743288
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1903400
Topic's main category
Category:Lào Cai province
Vietnamese administrative unit code
15
Who's on First ID
85680867
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhMkV9g4DJkGQ48KdcpT3

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 14
Red River, Fansipan, Sa Pa, Lào Cai, Bắc Hà, Bảo Thắng, Bảo Yên, Hanoi–Lào Cai railway line +6 more
Language used 10
Hani, Bouyei, Tai Dam, Iu Mien, Tai Dón, Nung, Sapa, Kháng +2 more
Contains the administrative territorial entity 9
Sa Pa, Lào Cai, Bắc Hà, Bảo Thắng, Bảo Yên, Si Ma Cai, Văn Bàn, Bát Xát +1 more
← Indigenous to 8
Hani, Tai Dam, Iu Mien, Tai Dón, Nung, Kháng, Phukha, Laghuu
Shares border with 4
Yunnan, Lai Châu, Hà Giang, Yên Bái
← Shares border with 4
Yunnan, Lai Châu, Hà Giang, Yên Bái
← Applies to jurisdiction 2
Lao Cai Department of Education and Training, Lao Cai Department of Education and Training
Capital 1
Lào Cai
Country 1
Vietnam
Instance of 1
provinces of Vietnam
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Vietnam
Located in time zone 1
UTC+07:00
Topic's main category 1
Category:Lào Cai province
← Capital of 1
Lào Cai
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Rivers of Lào Cai province
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Lào Cai province
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Vietnam
← Merged into 1
Yên Bái
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Related Entities

Fansipan Red River Vietnam

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  1. 6h ago · BeckNoDa · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [th] description: จังหวัดในภาคเหนือของประเทศเวียดนาม"
  2. 8w ago · Germartin1 · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Yunnan, Lai Châu, Sơn La +1
    Vietnamese administrative unit code → 15
    "Changed [vi] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: Vietnam Provinces (Unit Code) (details)"
  3. 10w ago · ~2026-44471-74 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Yên Bái
    "Changed claim: Capital: Yên Bái"
  4. 17w ago · Thanhoangviet · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Yên Bái
    "Created claim: Replaces: Yên Bái, batch #260741"
  5. 25w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.laocai.gov.vn
    Topic's main category → Category:Lào Cai province
    Location → Northern midlands and mountainous
    Language used → Nung, Sapa, Iu Mien +1
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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