Lào Cai

For the province with the same name, see Lào Cai Province. For the Burmese town with the same Chinese name, see Laukkai.
Lào Cai
Thành phố Lào Cai
Lào Cai

Location in Vietnam

Coordinates: 22°29′N 103°57′E / 22.483°N 103.950°E / 22.483; 103.950
Country Vietnam
Province Lào Cai Province
Established city 30 November 2004
Area
 • Total 229.67 km2 (88.68 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 98,363

Lào Cai ( listen) is a city in the Northwest 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 south-west 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]

Ethnic minorities in Lao Cai used to speak Southwestern Mandarin to each other when their languages were not mutually intelligible.[6]

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[7][8]

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.
  4. ↑ "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "Lao Cai Administrative Map". Laocai.gov.vn. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Masako Ito (2013). Politics of Ethnic Classification in Vietnam. Kyoto University Press. pp. 137–. ISBN 978-1-920901-72-1.
  7. ↑ "Annales du Service Météorologique de L'Indochine– Années 1938 et 1939" (PDF). Service Météorologique de L'Indochine. p. 49. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Annales du Service Météorologique de L'Indochine– Années 1938 et 1939" (PDF). Service Météorologique de L'Indochine. pp. 107, 132. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

Coordinates: 22°29′N 103°57′E / 22.483°N 103.950°E / 22.483; 103.950


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