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Lào Cai
Thành phố Lào Cai
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Lào Cai is located in Vietnam
Lào Cai
Lào Cai
Location in Vietnam
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Country Vietnam
Province Lào Cai Province
Area
 • Total 221.5 km2 (85.5 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 94,192

Lào Cai (<phonos file="Lao Cai.ogg">listen</phonos>) is a city in the Northeast region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Lào Cai Province. The city borders the city of Hekou Yao Autonomous County, in the Yunnan province of Southwest China. It lies at the junction of the Red River (Sông Hồng) and the Nanxi River (Yunnan) approximately 160 miles (260 km) northwest of Hanoi.[1]

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 invaded by the Chinese in 1979 and the border was closed and not reopened until 1993.[2][3] The town has a carbide factory. As of 2003 the district had a population of 86,855.[4] The district covers an area of 223 km².[5]

Climate

Climate data for Lào Cai
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 31.1
(88)
34.0
(93.2)
37.0
(98.6)
39.0
(102.2)
42.8
(109)
39.3
(102.7)
39.7
(103.5)
38.3
(100.9)
37.2
(99)
36.5
(97.7)
34.8
(94.6)
32.8
(91)
42.8
(109)
Average high °C (°F) 20.7
(69.3)
21.7
(71.1)
25.0
(77)
28.7
(83.7)
31.7
(89.1)
32.3
(90.1)
32.2
(90)
32.2
(90)
31.4
(88.5)
28.5
(83.3)
25.4
(77.7)
22.6
(72.7)
27.7
(81.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 15.4
(59.7)
18.0
(64.4)
20.2
(68.4)
23.9
(75)
26.8
(80.2)
27.9
(82.2)
27.7
(81.9)
27.6
(81.7)
26.5
(79.7)
23.8
(74.8)
20.7
(69.3)
18.0
(64.4)
23.0
(73.4)
Average low °C (°F) 13.2
(55.8)
14.4
(57.9)
17.2
(63)
20.3
(68.5)
22.9
(73.2)
24.4
(75.9)
24.5
(76.1)
24.2
(75.6)
23.2
(73.8)
20.5
(68.9)
17.3
(63.1)
14.2
(57.6)
19.69
(67.45)
Record low °C (°F) 2.2
(36)
7.2
(45)
6.8
(44.2)
10.0
(50)
14.8
(58.6)
18.8
(65.8)
21.4
(70.5)
20.4
(68.7)
15.8
(60.4)
10.7
(51.3)
8.0
(46.4)
3.6
(38.5)
2.2
(36)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 14
(0.55)
38
(1.5)
56
(2.2)
117
(4.61)
219
(8.62)
219
(8.62)
301
(11.85)
339
(13.35)
243
(9.57)
116
(4.57)
59
(2.32)
24
(0.94)
1,745
(68.7)
Average precipitation days 5 7 9 13 16 17 19 19 14 11 9 5 144
Average relative humidity (%) 89.6 89.3 88.2 88.8 87.4 89.0 89.7 88.0 87.9 88.2 88.7 88.2 88.6
Source: NOAA[6][7]


References

  1. Lào Cai profile in Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  2. Lào Cai info. at AccessVietnam Travel
  3. 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.
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