Hekou

Hekou is a town in , . Hekou is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
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  • Type: Town with 45,000 residents
  • Description: town in Hekou County
  • Also known as: “Hekou Town”, “Hekou Town, Hekou County”, and “Hekou Zhen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lao Cai and Hekou.

Railway station
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Lào Cai station is a railway station in . It serves the border town of , in Lào Cai Province. Several passenger trains a day run between Hanoi and .

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Railway station
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railway station is a railway station in Hekou Town, the county seat of in Province of China. It is the southern end of the standard-gauge Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lao Cai and Hekou.

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is a town in northern . It is on the border with China, separated from the Chinese town of by the Nanxi and Red Rivers.

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is a town in , . It is the administrative center of Yao Autonomous County. It is located on the border with , adjacent to .

Neighborhood
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is a ward in , . On 16 June 2025, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam adopted Resolution No. 1687/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the reorganization of commune-level administrative units in Vĩnh Long province.

Hekou

Latitude
22.5108° or 22° 30′ 39″ north
Longitude
103.9595° or 103° 57′ 34″ east
Population
45,000
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
Open location code
7PJ5GX65+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4544298955
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
10259722
Wiki­data ID
Q11141888
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Hekou” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hekou Zhen (munisipyo sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina)”
  • Cebuano: “Hekou Zhen”
  • Chinese: “河口”
  • Chinese: “河口镇”
  • French: “bourg de Hekou”
  • French: “Bourg de Hekou”
  • Gan Chinese: “河口镇”
  • Japanese: “河口”
  • Swedish: “Hekou Zhen”
  • Ukrainian: “Хекоу”
  • Vietnamese: “Hà Khẩu (trấn)”
  • Vietnamese: “Hà Khẩu”
  • Wu Chinese: “河口镇”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Former Office of the Hekou Frontier Defense Supervision and 河口镇人民政府.

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