Northwest (Vietnam)

Northwest (Vietnam)
Tây Bắc Bộ
Location of the Tây Bắc (Northwest) region in Vietnam at orange top left
Location of the Tây Bắc (Northwest) region in Vietnam at orange top left
Country Vietnam
Area
 • Total
50,565.71 km2 (19,523.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
4,911,370
 • Density97.1285/km2 (251.562/sq mi)
GDP
 • TotalVND 190 trillion
US$ 8.3 billion (2021)
Time zoneUTC+7 (UTC +7)
HDI (2022)0.685
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The Northwest (Vietnamese: Tây Bắc Bộ) is a geographic subregion of Vietnam, located west of the Northeast and south of the China-Vietnam border. The Northwest is one of the two sub-regions which make up the Northern Midland and Mountainous Regions of Northern Vietnam.

Geography

History

A large area of the region was previously a part of the Sip Song Chau Tai, Tai-Meo Autonomous Region, which was dissolved in 1954. It was renamed the "Northwest Autonomous Region" (Khu Tự trị Tây Bắc) in 1961, in order to not highlight just two of the many ethnic groups in this zone. The autonomy was rescinded after the Fall of Saigon of 1975.

Provinces

Statistics of Northwest Vietnam (Tây Bắc)
Province-
Level
Division		 Capital Population

(2025)

 Area
(in km2)
Điện Biên Điện Biên Phủ 673,091 9,539.93
Hòa Bình Hòa Bình City 980,289 4,590.82
Lai Châu Lai Châu 512,601 9,068.73
Lào Cai Lào Cai 836,913 6,364.25
Sơn La Sơn La 1,404,587 14,108.89
Yên Bái Yên Bái 941,872 6,892.67

Phú Thọ and Hà Giang provinces were also considered part of the broader Northwest region.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Area, population and population density by province". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 12 April 2024. – Interactive table which you can view by making your selection in three boxes: (1) Cities, provinces: Select all; (2) Year: Select 2025; (3) Items: Select all.
  2. 1 2 Phê duyệt và công bố kết quả thống kê diện tích đất đai năm 2022 [Approve and announce the results of land area statistics in 2022] (Decision 3048/QĐ-BTNMT) (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). 18 October 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
  4. ↑ Bruce M. Lockhart; William J. Duiker (2006). "Tây Bắc". The A to Z of Vietnam. Scarecrow Press. pp. 355–356.
  5. ↑ Jean Michaud (2006). "Tay Bac Autonomous Region". Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif. Scarecrow Press. pp. 232–233.
  6. ↑ "Liên kết phát triển du lịch 8 tỉnh Tây Bắc mở rộng". 2019.
  7. ↑ "Du lịch 8 tỉnh Tây Bắc mở rộng: "Chìa khóa" phát triển du lịch bền vững". 2022.

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