Lai Chau

Lai Châu is a city in the region of . It is the capital city of Lai Châu Province. The city borders Phong Thổ District, Sìn Hồ District and Tam Đường District.
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  • Type: City with 34,500 residents
  • Description: the former provincial capital of Lai Chau province, Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Lai Châu”, “Muang Lay”, and “Thành phố Lai Châu”

Lai Chau

Latitude
22.38621° or 22° 23′ 10″ north
Longitude
103.47024° or 103° 28′ 13″ east
Population
34,500
Elevation
919 metres (3,015 feet)
Open location code
7PJ59FPC+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369487061
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8456741
Wiki­data ID
Q2428273
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Lai Chau” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ላይ ቻው”
  • Arabic: “لاي تشاو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lai Chau”
  • Bengali: “লাই চাউ”
  • Cebuano: “Thị Xã Lai Châu”
  • Chinese: “Lai Châu Chhī”
  • Chinese: “莱州市”
  • Chinese: “萊州市”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Lai Chau”
  • Dutch: “Lai Chau”
  • Dutch: “Lai Châu”
  • Finnish: “Lai Chau”
  • Finnish: “Lai Châu”
  • French: “Lai Chau”
  • French: “Lai Châu”
  • German: “Lai Châu (Stadt)”
  • German: “Lai Chau”
  • German: “Lai Châu”
  • Hausa: “Lai Chau”
  • Hindi: “लाई चाउ”
  • Indonesian: “Lai Chau”
  • Japanese: “ライチャウ”
  • Japanese: “ライチャウ市”
  • Japanese: “莱州市”
  • Javanese: “Lai Chau”
  • Kazakh: “Лай Чау”
  • Kirghiz: “Лай Чау”
  • Korean: “라이쩌우”
  • Korean: “라이쩌우시”
  • Malay: “Lai Chau”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lai Châu Chhī”
  • Mingrelian: “ლაიტიაუ”
  • Oromo: “Lai Chau”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਾਈ ਚਾਊ”
  • Persian: “لای چاو”
  • Persian: “لای چو”
  • Polish: “Lai Chau”
  • Polish: “Lai Châu”
  • Portuguese: “Lai Chau”
  • Pushto: “لاي تشاو”
  • Russian: “Лай Чау”
  • Russian: “Лайтяу”
  • Slovenian: “Lai Châu”
  • Somali: “Lai Chau”
  • Spanish: “Lai Châu (ciudad)”
  • Spanish: “Lai Chau”
  • Spanish: “Lai Châu”
  • Swahili: “Lai Chau”
  • Swedish: “Lai Châu (stad)”
  • Swedish: “Lai Châu”
  • Tajik: “Лай Чау”
  • Tatar: “Лай Чау”
  • Thai: “ลายเจิว”
  • Turkish: “Lai Chau”
  • Turkish: “Lai Châu”
  • Ukrainian: “Лайтяу”
  • Urdu: “لائی چاؤ”
  • Urdu: “لائی چاو”
  • Uzbek: “Lai Chau”
  • Vietnamese: “Lai Châu”
  • Vietnamese: “thành phố Lai Châu”
  • Vietnamese: “thị xã Lai Châu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lai Chau”
  • Western Panjabi: “لائی چاؤ”
  • Yue Chinese: “萊州市 (越南)”

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