Vietnam
Lai Châu Province
Tam Đường District

Fansipan

Fansipan is a mountain in . Its height was originally measured at 3,143 metres in 1909, but this value was later adjusted to 3,147.3 metres. It is the highest mountain on the Indochinese peninsula, hence its nickname, "the Roof of Indochina".
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,142 metres
  • Description: mountain in Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Đinh Núi Phan Xi Phăng”, “Fan Si Pan”, “Fansipan Mountain Peak”, “GJinh Phan Xi Phang”, “Mount Fansipan”, “Núi Phan Xi Păng”, “Phan Si Pan”, and “Phan Xi Pang”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sa Pa and Sa Pa.

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is a town in a beautiful, mountainous region of northern on the border with . The town has a population of 9,400, while Sapa district, covering 677 km², has 82,000 people 2018).

Town
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or Sapa, was a frontier township and capital of former District, now a ward of town in Lào Cai Province in north-west Vietnam. ward is bordered by Mường Hoa commune to the east, Phan Si Păng ward to the west, Cầu Mây ward to the south and the wards of Hàm Rồng, Sa Pả to the north. is situated 8 km northeast of Fansipan.

Fansipan

Latitude
22.30308° or 22° 18′ 11″ north
Longitude
103.77544° or 103° 46′ 32″ east
Elevation
3,142 metres (10,308 feet)
Open location code
7PJ58Q3G+65
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13282179820
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1582023
Wiki­data ID
Q123782
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Vietnamese—“Fansipan” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Фаншипан”
  • Arabic: “فانسيبان”
  • Basque: “Fansipan”
  • Betawi: “Pansipan”
  • Bulgarian: “Фаншипан”
  • Catalan: “Fan si Pan”
  • Catalan: “Fansipan”
  • Cebuano: “Phăng Xi Păng (tumoy sa bukid)”
  • Cebuano: “Phăng Xi Păng”
  • Chinese: “番西邦峰”
  • Czech: “Fan Si Pan”
  • Danish: “Fan Si Pan”
  • Dutch: “Fansipan”
  • Dutch: “Phan-xi-păng”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فانسيپان”
  • Esperanto: “Phan Xi Păng”
  • Finnish: “Phan Xi Păng”
  • French: “Fansipan”
  • Georgian: “ფანშიპანი”
  • German: “Fansipan”
  • Hindi: “फान्सिपान”
  • Indonesian: “Fansipan”
  • Italian: “Fan Si Pan”
  • Japanese: “ファンシーパン山”
  • Japanese: “番西邦山”
  • Korean: “판시판산”
  • Korean: “판시팡산”
  • Ladin: “Fansipan”
  • Lao: “ແຟນຊິພັນ”
  • Lithuanian: “Fanšipanas”
  • Macedonian: “Фансипан”
  • Malay: “Fansipan”
  • Mingrelian: “ფანშიპანი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Fansipan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Phan Xi Păng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fansipan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fansipan”
  • Norwegian: “Fansipan”
  • Persian: “فنسیپان”
  • Polish: “Phan Xi Păng”
  • Portuguese: “Fan Si Pan”
  • Romanian: “Phan Xi Păng”
  • Russian: “Фаншипан”
  • Scots: “Fansipan”
  • Slovenian: “Fan Si Pan”
  • Spanish: “Fansipan”
  • Swahili: “Fansipan”
  • Swedish: “Fan Si Pan”
  • Swedish: “Phang-xi-pang”
  • Swedish: “Phăng-xi-păng”
  • Thai: “เขาฟานซีปัง”
  • Thai: “ยอดเขาฟานซีปัง”
  • Turkish: “Fansipan”
  • Ukrainian: “Фаншипан”
  • Venetian: “Fan Si Pan”
  • Vietnamese: “Đỉnh Phan Xi Phăng”
  • Vietnamese: “Fansipan”
  • Vietnamese: “Phan Si Păng”
  • Vietnamese: “Phan Xi Păng”
  • Vietnamese: “Phăng Xi Păng”

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