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id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Điện Biên province</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86" title="محافظة دين بين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="محافظة دين بين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="دین بین اوستانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دین بین اوستانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_S%C3%A9ng" title="Điện Biên Séng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Điện Biên Séng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Диен Биен (провинция) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Диен Биен (провинция)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E1%BB%89nh_%C3%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Tỉnh Ðiện Biên – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Tỉnh Ðiện Biên" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dien_Bien_(provincie)" title="Dien Bien (provincie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dien Bien (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Điện Biên – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Provincia de Điện Biên – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86" title="استان دین بین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان دین بین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_de_%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Province de Điện Biên – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Province de Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A0%E9%82%8A%E7%9C%81" title="奠邊省 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="奠邊省" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Điện Biên – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%94%94%EC%97%94%EB%B9%84%EC%97%94%EC%84%B1" title="디엔비엔성 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="디엔비엔성" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="डेयन बेयन प्रान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डेयन बेयन प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Provinsi Điện Biên – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province" title="Điện Biên province – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Điện Biên province" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Dien_Bien" title="Provincia di Dien Bien – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Dien Bien" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dien_Bien_Lalawigan" title="Dien Bien Lalawigan – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Dien Bien Lalawigan" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Mkoa wa Điện Biên – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%82%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%87_%E0%BA%94%E0%BB%89%E0%BA%BD%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%BD%E0%BA%99" title="ແຂວງ ດ້ຽນບຽນ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ແຂວງ ດ້ຽນບຽນ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Điện Biên – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_(provincie)" title="Điện Biên (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Điện Biên (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E7%9C%81" title="ディエンビエン省 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ディエンビエン省" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_(Prowins)" title="Điện Biên (Prowins) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Điện Biên (Prowins)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%86" title="صوبہ دیئن بیئن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="صوبہ دیئن بیئن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%81%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%8C%E1%9F%80%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%80%E1%9E%93" title="ខេត្តឌៀនបៀន – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ខេត្តឌៀនបៀន" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dien_Bien" title="Dien Bien – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dien Bien" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dien_Bien" title="Dien Bien – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Dien Bien" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Дьенбьен – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дьенбьен" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province" title="Điện Biên province – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Điện Biên province" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Дијен Бијен – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Дијен Бијен" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Điện Biên – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Điện Biên – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99" title="จังหวัดเดี่ยนเบียน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดเดี่ยนเบียน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Вилояти Диен Биен – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Вилояти Диен Биен" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Điện Biên – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8C%D1%94%D0%BD%D0%B1%27%D1%94%D0%BD" title="Дьєнб'єн – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Дьєнб'єн" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%86_%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81" title="دیئن بیئن صوبہ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="دیئن بیئن صوبہ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn" title="Điện Biên – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Điện Biên" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dien_Bien_(lalawigan)" title="Dien Bien (lalawigan) – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Dien Bien 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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Province of Vietnam</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the district, see <a href="/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Điện Biên District">Điện Biên District</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px 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A model attribution edit summary is <code>Content in this edit is translated from the existing Vietnamese Wikipedia article at [[:vi:vi:Điện Biên]]; see its history for attribution.</code></li> <li>You may also add the template <code>{{Translated|vi|vi:Điện Biên}}</code> to the <a href="/wiki/Talk:%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province" title="Talk:Điện Biên province">talk page</a>.</li> <li>For more guidance, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation" title="Wikipedia:Translation">Wikipedia:Translation</a>.</li></ul></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Province in Northwest, Vietnam</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox 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org">Điện Biên</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Vietnam" title="Provinces of Vietnam">Province</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid white;width:310px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dien_Bien_Phu,_statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Dien_Bien_Phu%2C_statue.jpg/154px-Dien_Bien_Phu%2C_statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="205" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Dien_Bien_in_Vietnam.svg/375px-Dien_Bien_in_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Dien_Bien_in_Vietnam.svg/500px-Dien_Bien_in_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="2348" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Điên Biên within Vietnam</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 280px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="280" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_6eb7aa9f3c4c4f9289a1cd566a6e8edb1d64e955"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,280x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&revid=1275648295&groups=_6eb7aa9f3c4c4f9289a1cd566a6e8edb1d64e955" width="280" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,280x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&revid=1275648295&groups=_6eb7aa9f3c4c4f9289a1cd566a6e8edb1d64e955 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&params=21_23_N_103_1_E_region:VN_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">21°23′N</span> <span class="longitude">103°1′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">21.383°N 103.017°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">21.383; 103.017</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Vietnam">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_(Vietnam)" title="Northwest (Vietnam)">Northwest</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_Ph%E1%BB%A7" title="Điện Biên Phủ">Điện Biên Phủ</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivision</th><td class="infobox-data">1 city, 8 rural districts and one town</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Vietnam" title="Provinces of Vietnam">Province</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Điện Biên Provincial People's Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Chairman of People's Council</th><td class="infobox-data">Lò Văn Sơn</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Chairman of People's Committee</th><td class="infobox-data">Lê Thành Đô</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-area_2022_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area_2022-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Vietnam" title="Provinces of Vietnam">Province</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,539.93 km<sup>2</sup> (3,683.39 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-pop_2023_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop_2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Vietnam" title="Provinces of Vietnam">Province</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">646,200</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">68/km<sup>2</sup> (180/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">90,300</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_Vietnam" title="List of ethnic groups in Vietnam">Ethnic groups</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-census_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Hmong_people" title="Hmong people">Mông</a></th><td class="infobox-data">38.12%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Thai_people_in_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai people in Vietnam">Thái</a></th><td class="infobox-data">35.69%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_people" title="Vietnamese people">Vietnamese</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">17.38%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Khmu_people" title="Khmu people">Khơ Mú</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3.30%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Yao_people" title="Yao people">Dao</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1.11%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Others</th><td class="infobox-data">4.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Vietnam" title="Provinces of Vietnam">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/VND" class="mw-redirect" title="VND">VND</a> 15.750 trillion<br /><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a> 0.684 billion</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B7" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+7">UTC+7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indochina_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Indochina Time">ICT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Vietnam" title="Telephone numbers in Vietnam">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">215</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:VN" title="ISO 3166-2:VN">VN-71</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2020)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.618<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Vietnam_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of administrative divisions of Vietnam by Human Development Index">61th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dienbien.gov.vn">www<wbr />.dienbien<wbr />.gov<wbr />.vn</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Điện Biên</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_H%C3%A1n" title="Chữ Hán">chữ Hán</a>: <span style="font-style:normal;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1051880798">.mw-parser-output .vi-nom{font-family:"Han-Nom Gothic","Nom Na Tong","Han-Nom Ming","Han-Nom Minh","HAN NOM A","HAN NOM B","Han-Nom Kai","TH-Khaai-TP0","TH-Khaai-TP2","TH-Khaai-PP0","TH-Khaai-PP2","TH-Sung-PP0","TH-Sung-PP2","TH-Sung-TP0","TH-Sung-TP2","TH-Sy-P0","TH-Sy-P2","TH-Ming-JP0","TH-Ming-JP2","Sun-ExtA","Sun-ExtB","Ming-Lt-HKSCS-UNI-H","Ming-Lt-HKSCS-ExtB","HanaMinA","HanaMinB","HanaMin","MingLiU","MingLiU-ExtB","MingLiU HKSCS","MingLiU HKSCS-ExtB","SimSun","SimSun-ExtB","FZKaiT-Extended","FZKaiT-Extended(SIP)",sans-serif}.mw-parser-output .vi-nom.ext{font-family:"Han-Nom Gothic","Han-Nom Ming","Han-Nom Minh","TH-Khaai-TP2","TH-Khaai-PP2","TH-Sung-PP2","TH-Sung-TP2","TH-Sy-P0","TH-Sy-P2","TH-Ming-JP2","BabelStone Han","Sun-ExtB","MingLiU HKSCS-ExtB","Ming-Lt-HKSCS-ExtB","HanaMinB","Han-Nom Kai",sans-serif}</style><span lang="vi-Hani" class="vi-nom"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A0" class="extiw" title="wikt:奠">奠</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%82%8A" class="extiw" title="wikt:邊">邊</a></span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Vietnam" title="Provinces of Vietnam">province</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_(Vietnam)" title="Northwest (Vietnam)">Northwest</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Lai_Ch%C3%A2u_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Lai Châu Province">Lai Châu</a> to the northeast, <a href="/wiki/S%C6%A1n_La_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Sơn La Province">Sơn La</a> to the southeast, <a href="/wiki/Pu%27er_City" title="Pu'er City">Pu'er City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a>, China, to the northwest, and <a href="/wiki/Phongsaly_province" title="Phongsaly province">Phongsaly province</a> in Laos to the west. The province covers an area of about 9,540 km<sup>2</sup> (3,683 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-area_2022_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area_2022-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as of 2022 it had a population of 635,920 people.<sup id="cite_ref-pop_2022_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop_2022-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sip_Song_Chau_Tai" title="Sip Song Chau Tai">Sip Song Chau Tai</a></div> <p>The name "Điện Biên" means "stable frontier" (referring to Điện Biên's location on the border between <a href="/wiki/Lan_Xang" title="Lan Xang">Lan Xang</a> and Vietnam).<sup id="cite_ref-baodien_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baodien-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Điện Biên has various ancient monuments including the caves Thẩm Khương, as well as Thẩn Búa in Tuần Giáo. The original settlers were the Ai Lao or Tai people who are a direct ancestor of <a href="/wiki/Lao_people" title="Lao people">Lao people</a> in Laos today. The names of some villages and towns still use words of Tai origin, such as Mường (city) and Tham (cave). </p><p>In the 9th and 10th centuries, the <a href="/wiki/L%E1%BB%B1_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Lự people">Lự</a> in Mường Thanh were the most developed in the area and controlled Sìn Hồ, Mường Lay, and Tuần Giáo. </p><p>In the 11th and 12th centuries, <a href="/wiki/Thai_people_in_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai people in Vietnam">Tai people</a> (not to be confused with the Thai people of Thailand) from Mường Ôm and Mường Ai occupied Mường Lò in Nghĩa Lộ and Mường Thanh in Điện Biên. They eventually gained control of the whole area between Mường Lò and Mường Thanh (Điện Biên). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places">Places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chua ta cave: Located at an altitude of nearly 1,000m above sea level, in a limestone mountain range with a geological tectonic process of millions of years, Tham Khen cave in Muong Dun commune, Tua Chua district has also been recognized by the Ministry of Culture. Sports and Tourism ranked national relics and scenic spots according to decision No. 3086/QD-BVHTTDL dated October 27, 2020. In addition to being unique like other caves, Chua Ta cave also has two typical types of ecosystems: Limestone mountain ecosystem and cave ecosystem. This place converges the diverse properties of nature.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Điện Biên province has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Cwa</i>). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Điện Biên Phủ, elevation 479 m (1,572 ft) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.1<br />(97.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(101.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.6<br />(101.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.9<br />(100.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.6<br />(101.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.3<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−1.3<br />(29.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(1.02) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(1.19) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.1<br />(2.52) </td> <td style="background: #30FF30; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133.8<br />(5.27) </td> <td style="background: #00B100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">222.9<br />(8.78) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">305.3<br />(12.02) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">359.6<br />(14.16) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">324.8<br />(12.79) </td> <td style="background: #00FA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.6<br />(6.64) </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(2.82) </td> <td style="background: #BBFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.1<br />(1.74) </td> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(1.02) </td> <td style="background: #1DFF1D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,784.3<br />(70.25) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.7 </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000E5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000D0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">24.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22.3 </td> <td style="background: #3838FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.6 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">155.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000C2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000C3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000BD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000B3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000AF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000B3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000BB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000BE; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">83.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C8C800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159.8 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177.3 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.4 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">202.0 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">202.3 </td> <td style="background: #C2C218; color:#000000;" class="notheme">141.3 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC3D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.7 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.6 </td> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.4 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.5 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">160.5 </td> <td style="background: #C8C800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">160.0 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,025.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology<sup id="cite_ref-IBST_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBST-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Pha Din, elevation 1,347 m (4,419 ft) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.5<br />(97.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.8<br />(92.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.1<br />(31.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(42.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(1.02) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(1.19) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.1<br />(2.52) </td> <td style="background: #30FF30; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133.8<br />(5.27) </td> <td style="background: #00B100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">222.9<br />(8.78) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">305.3<br />(12.02) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">359.6<br />(14.16) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">324.8<br />(12.79) </td> <td style="background: #00FA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.6<br />(6.64) </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(2.82) </td> <td style="background: #BBFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.1<br />(1.74) </td> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(1.02) </td> <td style="background: #1DFF1D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,784.3<br />(70.25) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.7 </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000E5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000D0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">24.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22.3 </td> <td style="background: #3838FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.6 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8 </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">155.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000C6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000DC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000A6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">89.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000A0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">91.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000A3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000BD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000BF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">83.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">179.7 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">172.6 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">205.9 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">213.4 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.5 </td> <td style="background: #B8B855; color:#000000;" class="notheme">119.7 </td> <td style="background: #B8B850; color:#000000;" class="notheme">125.6 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF27; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140.5 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">162.4 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">164.9 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">162.7 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">180.9 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,019.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Điện Biên is subdivided into 10 district-level sub-divisions: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Second Tier<br />subdivisions </th> <th rowspan="2">Area<br />(km²) </th> <th colspan="3">Third Tier subdivisions </th></tr> <tr> <th width="60px"><a href="/wiki/Ward_(Vietnam)" title="Ward (Vietnam)">Ward</a> </th> <th width="60px"><a href="/wiki/Commune-level_town_(Vietnam)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commune-level town (Vietnam)">Township</a> </th> <th width="60px"><a href="/wiki/Rural_commune_(Vietnam)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural commune (Vietnam)">Commune</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_Ph%E1%BB%A7" title="Điện Biên Phủ">Điện Biên Phủ</a> city</td> <td>64.27</td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng_Lay" title="Mường Lay">Mường Lay</a> town</td> <td>114.03</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Điện Biên District">Điện Biên District</a></td> <td>1639.85</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_%C4%90%C3%B4ng_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Điện Biên Đông District">Điện Biên Đông District</a></td> <td>1206.39</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng_%E1%BA%A2ng_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Mường Ảng District">Mường Ảng District</a></td> <td>443.52</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng_Ch%C3%A0_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Mường Chà District">Mường Chà District</a></td> <td>1199.42</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng_Nh%C3%A9_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Mường Nhé District">Mường Nhé District</a></td> <td>1573.73</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/N%E1%BA%ADm_P%E1%BB%93_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Nậm Pồ District">Nậm Pồ District</a></td> <td>1498.00</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/T%E1%BB%A7a_Ch%C3%B9a_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Tủa Chùa District">Tủa Chùa District</a></td> <td>679.41</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tu%E1%BA%A7n_Gi%C3%A1o_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuần Giáo District">Tuần Giáo District</a></td> <td>1136.29</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>18 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>They are further subdivided into five <a href="/wiki/Commune-level_town_(Vietnam)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commune-level town (Vietnam)">commune-level towns</a> (or townlets), 116 rural <a href="/wiki/Commune_(Vietnam)" title="Commune (Vietnam)">communes</a>, and nine <a href="/wiki/Ward_(Vietnam)" title="Ward (Vietnam)">wards</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_in_Điện_Biên"><span id="Places_in_.C4.90i.E1.BB.87n_Bi.C3.AAn"></span>Places in Điện Biên</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Places in Điện Biên"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng_Thanh_Valley" title="Mường Thanh Valley">Mường Thanh Valley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n_Bi%C3%AAn_province&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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4.1: Current land use status in the Northern Midlands and Mountains in 2023] <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Decision 3048/QĐ-BTNMT) (in Vietnamese). <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment_(Vietnam)" title="Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam)">Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam)</a>. 18 October 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=Bi%E1%BB%83u+s%E1%BB%91+4.1%3A+Hi%E1%BB%87n+tr%E1%BA%A1ng+s%E1%BB%AD+d%E1%BB%A5ng+%C4%91%E1%BA%A5t+v%C3%B9ng+Trung+du+v%C3%A0+mi%E1%BB%81n+n%C3%BAi+ph%C3%ADa+B%E1%BA%AFc+n%C4%83m+2023&rft.pub=Ministry+of+Natural+Resources+and+Environment+%28Vietnam%29&rft.date=2023-10-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmonre.gov.vn%2FVanBan%2FLists%2FVanBanChiDao%2FAttachments%2F3012%2Fb4.1_Signed.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n+Bi%C3%AAn+province" class="Z3988"></span> – the data in the report are in hectares, rounded to integers</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pop_2023-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pop_2023_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/px-web/?pxid=E0201&theme=Population%20and%20Employment">"Area, population and population density by province"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/General_Statistics_Office_of_Vietnam" title="General Statistics Office of Vietnam">General Statistics Office of Vietnam</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 April</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=General+Statistics+Office+of+Vietnam&rft.atitle=Area%2C+population+and+population+density+by+province&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gso.gov.vn%2Fen%2Fpx-web%2F%3Fpxid%3DE0201%26theme%3DPopulation%2520and%2520Employment&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n+Bi%C3%AAn+province" class="Z3988"></span> – Interactive table which you can view by making your selection in three boxes: (1) <i>Cities, provinces</i>: Select all; (2) <i>Year</i>: Select 2023; (3) <i>Items</i>: Select all.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-census-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-census_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeneral_Statistics_Office_of_Vietnam2019" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/General_Statistics_Office_of_Vietnam" title="General Statistics Office of Vietnam">General Statistics Office of Vietnam</a> (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gso.gov.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ket-qua-toan-bo-Tong-dieu-tra-dan-so-va-nha-o-2019.pdf"><i>"Completed Results of the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census"</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Statistical Publishing House (Vietnam). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-604-75-1532-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-604-75-1532-5"><bdi>978-604-75-1532-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%22Completed+Results+of+the+2019+Viet+Nam+Population+and+Housing+Census%22&rft.pub=Statistical+Publishing+House+%28Vietnam%29&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-604-75-1532-5&rft.au=General+Statistics+Office+of+Vietnam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gso.gov.vn%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F12%2FKet-qua-toan-bo-Tong-dieu-tra-dan-so-va-nha-o-2019.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n+Bi%C3%AAn+province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also called Kinh people</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dienbien.gov.vn/portal/Pages/2019-4-1/Bao-cao-tinh-hinh-thuc-hien-Ke-hoach-phat-trien-ki46e8t7.aspx">"Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Điện Biên năm 2018"</a>. <i>UBND tỉnh Điện Biên</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UBND+t%E1%BB%89nh+%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n+Bi%C3%AAn&rft.atitle=T%C3%ACnh+h%C3%ACnh+kinh+t%E1%BA%BF%2C+x%C3%A3+h%E1%BB%99i+%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n+Bi%C3%AAn+n%C4%83m+2018&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dienbien.gov.vn%2Fportal%2FPages%2F2019-4-1%2FBao-cao-tinh-hinh-thuc-hien-Ke-hoach-phat-trien-ki46e8t7.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A%C4%90i%E1%BB%87n+Bi%C3%AAn+province" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/px-web/?pxid=E1438&theme=Health%2C%20Culture%2C%20Sport%20and%20Living%20standard">"Human Development Index by province(*) by Cities, provincies and Year"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/General_Statistics_Office_of_Vietnam" title="General Statistics Office of Vietnam">General Statistics Office of Vietnam</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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