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Lai Châu Thành phố Lai Châu
City (Class-3)
Lai Châu City
Lai Châu City Lake
Location in northern Vietnam (tiny red mark)
Lai Châu Location in Vietnam
Coordinates: 22°23′57″N 103°26′21″E / 22.39917°N 103.43917°E / 22.39917; 103.43917
Country	Vietnam
Province	Lai Châu
Established town	10 October 2004
Established city	27 December 2013
Area
• City (Class-3)	70.77 km² (27.32 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• City (Class-3)	52,557
• Density	743/km² (1,920/sq mi)
• Urban	40,133
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)

Lai Châu (listen^ⓘ) is the capital city of Lai Châu Province in the Northwest region of Vietnam.

History

Lai Châu, or Muang Lay (Vietnamese: Mường Lay) was the seat of lords of the White Tai who were dominant over other Tai peoples of the area, though there was rivalry between the White Tai rulers of Muang Lay and Muang So.^[1] During the 1870s Muang Lay was the base of lord Đèo Văn Trị of the White Tai who sought to unite and become chief of the 12 mường (Sino-Vietnamese: Châu / 州) making up the Sip Song Chau Tai. This he partially achieved, with the help first of the Chinese Black Flags, then later the French. His authority, and the autonomy of the area, was recognised by the French in 1890.

References

^ Michael C. Howard, Kim Be Howard Textiles of the Daic peoples of Vietnam Page 75, 2002 "In general the White Tai nobles in the north were dominant, but even among them there was intense rivalry between the rulers of Muang Lay and Muang So. In the 1870s and 1880s Chinese bandits known as Haw (or Ho) moved into northern ..."

Cities in Vietnam

Municipalities

Special	Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City
Class-1	Cantho Da Nang Haiphong

Municipal cities

Class-1	Thủ Đức

Provincial cities

Class-1	Bắc Ninh Biên Hòa Buôn Ma Thuột Da Lat Hạ Long Hải Dương Huế Long Xuyên Mỹ Tho Nam Định Nha Trang Pleiku Quy Nhon Thái Nguyên Thanh Hóa Thủ Dầu Một Việt Trì Vinh Vũng Tàu
Class-2	Bà Rịa Bạc Liêu Bắc Giang Bến Tre Cà Mau Cao Lãnh Cẩm Phả Châu Đốc Đồng Hới Hà Tĩnh Lào Cai Lạng Sơn Móng Cái Ninh Bình Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm Phan Thiết Phủ Lý Phú Quốc Quảng Ngãi Rạch Giá Sa Đéc Sơn La Tam Kỳ Tân An Thái Bình Trà Vinh Tuy Hòa Uông Bí Vị Thanh Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Yên
Class-3	Bắc Kạn Bảo Lộc Bến Cát Cam Ranh Cao Bằng Chí Linh Dĩ An Điện Biên Phủ Đông Hà Đồng Xoài Gia Nghĩa Gò Công Hà Giang Hà Tiên Hòa Bình Hội An Hưng Yên Hồng Ngự Kon Tum Lai Châu Long Khánh Ngã Bảy Phổ Yên Phúc Yên Sầm Sơn Sóc Trăng Sông Công Tân Uyên Tam Điệp Tây Ninh Thuận An Tuyên Quang Từ Sơn Yên Bái

District-level towns

Class-3

Class-4

v t e Districts of Northwest Vietnam
Điện Biên province	Điện Biên Phủ city^※ Mường Lay town Điện Biên Điện Biên Đông Mường Ảng Mường Chà Mường Nhé Nậm Pồ Tủa Chùa Tuần Giáo
Hòa Bình province	Hòa Bình city^※ Cao Phong Đà Bắc Kim Bôi Lạc Sơn Lạc Thủy Lương Sơn Mai Châu Tân Lạc Yên Thủy
Lai Châu province	Lai Châu city^※ Mường Tè Nậm Nhùn Phong Thổ Sìn Hồ Tam Đường Tân Uyên Than Uyên
Lào Cai province	Lào Cai city^※ Sa Pa town Bắc Hà Bảo Thắng Bảo Yên Bát Xát Mường Khương Si Ma Cai Văn Bàn
Sơn La province	Sơn La city^※ Bắc Yên Mai Sơn Mộc Châu Mường La Phù Yên Quỳnh Nhai Sông Mã Sốp Cộp Thuận Châu Vân Hồ Yên Châu
Yên Bái province	Yên Bái city^※ Nghĩa Lộ town Lục Yên Mù Cang Chải Trạm Tấu Trấn Yên Văn Chấn Văn Yên Yên Bình
^※ denotes provincial seat.

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