Yên Bái (Province)

Yên Bái
Provincial capital:	Yên Bái
Region:	Northeast
Surface:	6,882.9 km²
Residents:	800.100 (2016) {{{proof}}}
Population density :	116 inhabitants / km²
Chairman d. People's Committees:	Hoàng Xuân Lộc
License plate :	21st
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Yên Bái is a province of Vietnam . It is located in the northwest region .

Districts

Yên Bái is divided into 7 districts:

• Lục Yên
• Mù Cang Trải
• Trạm Tấu
• Trấn Yen
• Văn Chấn
• Văn Yên
• Yên Bình

The provincial capital Yên Bái and the city of Nghĩa Lộ are separate communities.

nature

The province is crossed by the southern foothills of the Hoàng Liên Sơn mountain range. In the Mù Cang Chải district, the Mu Cang Chai Species / Habitat Conservation Area (MCC SHCA) was established in 2004 on an area of ​​20,000 hectares on the border with the Lào Cai province to protect endangered mountain wildlife.

tourism

The province is still fairly undeveloped, especially in the higher western part. There an attempt is being made to establish a small festival in Mù Cang Trải during the rice harvest time (end of September). There and around the market town of Tú Lệ are remarkable rice terrace settlements, e.g. Partly laid out in narrow side valleys that can only be reached from the main road via narrow, very steep streets.

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  Hmong women harvesting rice

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  Tea plantations in western Yên Bái province

population

According to the population statistics from 2009, Yên Bái had 740,397 inhabitants, of which 139,374 (18.8%) lived in cities. 254,733 (34.4%) were younger than 18 years, 58,638 (7.9%) 60 years and older.

342,892 residents (46.3%) were ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) , 135,314 (18.3%) belonged to the Tay ethnic group , 83,888 (11.3%) the Yao (Dao) , 81,921 (11.1%) the Hmong , 53,104 (7.2%) were assigned to the Thái nationality, 14,821 (2%) to the Nung and 14,619 to the Mường .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: hoanglienson.org.vn : Presentation on the Mu Cang Chai Species / Habitat Conservation Area, eng.
2. ↑ Kết quả toàn bộ Tổng điều tra Dân số và Nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009 Phần I: Biểu Tổng hợp. Hanoi, June 2010.

Coordinates: 21 ° 30 ′  N , 104 ° 40 ′  E