Vietnam
Thái Nguyên province
Thành Phố Bắc Kạn

Bac Kan

Bắc Kạn is the capital of Bắc Kạn Province, . The province's only city, it is bordered by Bạch Thông District to the north, north-east and west and Chợ Mới District to the south-east and south-west.
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  • Type: City with 45,000 residents
  • Description: city in Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Bắc Kạn” and “Bak Kan”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nong Thuong.

Village
Bắc Kạn is an urban ward of Thái Nguyên Province, in . In June 2025, Bắc Kạn Ward was established through the merger of the entire natural area and population of Sông Cầu Ward, Phùng Chí Kiên Ward, Nông Thượng Commune, and Xuất Hóa Ward of Bắc Kạn City.

Bac Kan

Latitude
22.13897° or 22° 8′ 20″ north
Longitude
105.8309° or 105° 49′ 51″ east
Population
45,000
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
Open location code
7PJ74RQJ+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13146978379
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1591538
Wiki­data ID
Q75700
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Bac Kan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باك كان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bakkan”
  • Bengali: “বাক কান”
  • Chinese: “Bắc Kạn Chhī”
  • Chinese: “北𣴓市”
  • Czech: “Bac Kan”
  • Danish: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Bắc Kạn”
  • Dutch: “Bac Kan”
  • Dutch: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Finnish: “Bắc Kạn”
  • German: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Greek: “Μπακ Καν”
  • Gujarati: “બેક કન”
  • Hindi: “बैक कान”
  • Indonesian: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Italian: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Japanese: “バックカン”
  • Japanese: “バックカン市”
  • Japanese: “北𣴓市”
  • Kannada: “ಬಕ್ ಕಾನ್”
  • Korean: “박깐”
  • Latvian: “Bakkana”
  • Lithuanian: “Bac Kan”
  • Lithuanian: “Bakanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Bakkanas”
  • Malay: “Bac Kan”
  • Marathi: “बक कन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bắc Kạn Chhī”
  • Mingrelian: “ბაკკანი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bắc Kạn (Steed)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bac Kan”
  • Norwegian: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Persian: “باک کان”
  • Polish: “Bac Kan”
  • Polish: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Portuguese: “Bac Kan”
  • Portuguese: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Russian: “Баккан”
  • Sinhala: “බාක්කෑන්”
  • Spanish: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Swedish: “Bac Kan”
  • Swedish: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Tamil: “பாக் கான்”
  • Telugu: “బైక్ కాన్”
  • Thai: “บั๊กกั่น”
  • Turkish: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Ukrainian: “Баккан”
  • Urdu: “باک کان”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Cạn”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Kạn”
  • Vietnamese: “Thị xã Bắc Cạn”
  • Vietnamese: “Thị xã Bắc Kạn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bac Kan”
  • Yue Chinese: “北𣴓市”

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