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Lao Cai province is a high-border region, the northern border with Yunnan province (China), the western borders Lai Chau province, adjacent to the east of Ha Giang, southern border with Yen Bai and Son La. Visiting ethnic groups in Lao Cai would make your Vietnam Travel trips being more interested.
Topography Lao Cai quite rich, including many types, with terrain valley, with mountainous terrain is low, mountainous terrain and the top of the mountain is very high as the top Phanxiphang - rooftops of high 3.143m country .. . Lao Cai 107 river running through the province, with 3 river system is the Red River, (length of the section running through Lao Cai is 120km), river flow (length running through the province is 124km), Nam Mu River (length running through the province is 122km).
Lao Cai climate is tropical monsoon featured mountainous, cold, dry winter, low rainfall, hot summer rains more. Lao Cai has many different sub-regions. Feature of living in Lao Cai is the biodiversity. There are more than 2,000 plant species, 442 kinds of birds, animals, Dogs, frogs indoors. In the 60 animal species only found in Lao Cai, 9 kinds of things only found in Sapa. Lao Cai has treasure special fund gen rare (accounting for nearly 50% of plant species is especially rare in our country).
Cultural history
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Lao Cai from places of urban "is Nhai" means "old town". On 12/7/1907, Lao Cai Province was established, the name of the ancient city's name to Lao Cai Province. Times of water, Lao Cai is the center of economic, political importance in the region topping the Red River. Many of the study, said that Lao Cai is home of the Thuc An Duong Vuong. Feudatory time, Lao Cai province is the world's Vi Thuy, in Van Ban and part of Tan Chieu, the Master Hoa, Hung Hoa. On 12/7/1907 Lao Cai Province was established, including 2 in Vi Thuy, Bao Thang, agents Muong Khuong, Bat Xat, Phong Tho, Bac Ha and Sa Pa special area. 1955 Phong Tho district to switch to the self-General of the Thai after the province of Lai Chau. On 1/1/1976, three provinces in Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Nghia Lo merger into the Hoang Lien Son province. On 1/10/1991, Lao Cai province is re-established.
Potential economic development and tourism
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The ethnic Lao Cai has been creative, save hundreds of historical culture. Highlights are the relics of the ancient stone carving station, with the image engraved on the map, script, image people have of how youth today thousands of years in Muong Hoa Valley (Sapa). Vestige worship Hoang Seven have a Ministry of protecting the border Hau Le worship was a "National Spirit protection," Thuong temple relics - the National Church of the more Tran Hung Dao was built from the Le Trung Hung The youth of Hoa (1680-1705), relics winning Rang Pho ... especially Lao Cai, there is the system of virtual caves become famous landscapes beautiful, attracting a large tourist sightseeing such as the Thuy Tien (Bat Xat), the T? Ph?i (Orange Street), the Tien - Trung Do (Bac Ha), the Xuan Quang (Bao Thang) ...
Nature Lao Cai also create the beautiful landscape such as the Ham Rong - a "sub Thach Lam" in Sa Pa have had thousands of years with hundreds of pictures you want phi?n want to appear. Or top Sanskrit Xi Pang majestic - rooftops of the country, is the museum of the life, physical characteristics of property ...
Lao Cai with resources mineral rich, with over 31 kinds of mineral distribution points in 130 mines. Currently, Lao Cai is the province of rich minerals, have reserves of apatit, copper, iron on the type of the region and the world.
Ethnic, religious
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Lao Cai has 27 ethnic brothers live. Ethnic business has 194,666 people, ethnic H'Mong with 122,825 people, ethnic hand 82,516 people, ethnic groups already have 72,543 people, ethnic Thai has 51,061 people, ethnic hoe 24,360 people, ethnic Nùng have 23,156 people , ethnic Phu is 6763 people, Ha Nhi ethnic people with 3099, with ethnic Lao 2,134 people, ethnic Khang have 1691 people, with ethnic LaHa the 1572, 1263 Muong ethnic people, ethnic B? Italy has 1,148 people, ethnic Chinese have 770 people, ethnic groups have only 446 people, ethnic groups and 11 people have little under 70 as ethnic San Chay, San d?u, Khmer, Lo Lo, Ka Doong, Pa Co, E De, Gie Trieng, Gia Rai, Cham, Ka Tu. Lao Cai with ethnic group makes up 50% of the total number of ethnic groups nationwide to feature in the culture of the ethnic Lao Cai is a multi-cultural nation, of the rich. In the lower areas, the Tay, Thai, Giay, Nùng, exploitation of coastal river valleys, along streams, creative cultural traditions rice. In between reo, who Khang, La Ha, father was ... create cultural nuong Ray with local knowledge relevant to the economic forest hills. Highlander, the H'Mong, Ha Nhi, Dao exploit the flank of field ladder to heaven north majestic. Diversity, richness of culture reflected in the cultural and non-physical objects.
About 34 pages to have the type of category with colors, different materials. New survey of Lao Cai has nearly 100 di?u dance, they have 10 to 11 read the different musical climate. Especially, treasure festival in Lao Cai is very characteristic. Type festivals plentiful. Opportunity to buy, the beliefs associated with sun worship gods, the water, the traditional, protected forests. Opportunities meaningful education traditional history against foreign invasions, the higher the cultures of the Vietnamese. Scale festivals also diversified, with the scale of the community village, of; have the scale area (in the Gau Pha Long Muong Khuong, the people PoOc Roong Giay as Van, Sa Pa .. .) but the scale of the province as spring temple in July Hoang Bao Ha ... the festival is spread all 4 Spring, Ha, Thu, East. Especially, with the other provinces in the plain, summer in the upland villages of Lao Cai is also the season of festivals. This feature is very favorable for the development of cultural tourism.
Transportation
Lao Cai province is a gateway biên guards the northwest of the country with road 203km border with China, the strategic location of important economic - political - security - defense. Lao Cai is in the position "the first" connecting Yunnan Province and the southwestern large Chinese plain to the north. Lao Cai has favorable conditions for transportation, including waterway, roads and railways. On the part Lao Cai province has 3 national highway route, 6 provincial highway, street car to have about 163 communes, wards and towns. Red River Road is a route of the blood circulatory and feudatory.
Lao Cai has an international border gate, a national border gate and the door to additional common with China.
