Lai Châu (Province)

Lai Chau
Provincial capital:	Lai Chau
Region:	Northwest
Surface:	9,059.4 km²
Residents:	436,000 (2016)
Population density :	48 inhabitants / km²
Chairman d. People's Council:	Lỳ Khai Phà
Chairman d. People's Committees:	Lò Văn Giàng
License plate :	25th
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Lai Châu is a province of Vietnam . It is located in the northwest of the country in the northwest region . The province borders on the People's Republic of China . The capital of the province is Lai Châu .

Districts

Lai Châu is divided into 5 districts:

• Mường Tè
• Phong Thổ
• Sìn Hồ
• Tam Đường
• Than Uyên

The provincial capital Lai Chau is a separate municipality.

Relocation of the provincial capital

The main town of Lai Châu has only been in its current location since 2004/05: Since the old capital Lai Châu was largely flooded by the damming of the Black River , the government decided to relocate the provincial administration, combined with an extensive renaming of the place: the new capital was Tam Đường , which was spun off from the district of the same name and was given the name Lai Châu . The previous Lai Châu was named after the next largest place in the area as Mường Lay . The previous Mường Lay was then given the new name Mường Chà . The previous Bình Lư became the new Tam Đường .

Since the western and southern parts of the province were split off as the new province of ĐiĐn Biên at the same time , the old provincial capital is no longer in the province of Lai Châu.

population

According to the population statistics from 2009 Lai Châu had 370,502 inhabitants, of which 52,512 (14.2%) lived in cities. 161,283 (43.5%) were younger than 18 years, 17,150 (4.6%) 60 years and older.

119,805 (32.3%) residents were of the Thái nationality, 83,324 (22.5%) of the Hmong , 56,630 (15.3%) were ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) , 48,745 (13.2%) Yao (Dao) , 13,752 (3.7%) Hani , 11,334 (3.1%) Giáy and 9,600 (2.6%) Lahu . The majority of the Vietnamese lived in cities (where they made up the majority of the population), all other ethnic groups predominantly in the countryside.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Provinces
2. ↑ Law 176/2004 / NĐ-CP , Law 25/2005 / NĐ-CP
3. ↑ Kết quả toàn bộ Tổng điều tra Dân số và Nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009 Hanoi, June 2010.

Coordinates: 22 ° 0 '  N , 103 ° 0'  E