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Northwest

Tây Bắc is one of the regions of , located in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. It consists of four provinces: Điện Biên, Lai Châu, Sơn La and Lào Cai. It has a population of 4.9 million and it is fully landlocked.
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  • Type: Region with 3,900,000 residents
  • Description: region of Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Northwest Vietnam”

Northwest

Latitude
21.7697° or 21° 46′ 11″ north
Longitude
103.7988° or 103° 47′ 56″ east
Population
3,900,000
Elevation
834 metres (2,736 feet)
Open location code
7PH5QQ9X+VG
Geo­Names ID
11497246
Wiki­data ID
Q1194522
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Northwest” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمال غرب”
  • Bulgarian: “Тай Бак”
  • Catalan: “Nord-oest”
  • Catalan: “Tây Bắc”
  • Chinese: “西北區 (越南)”
  • Chinese: “西北部”
  • Dutch: “Northwest”
  • Esperanto: “Nordokcidento de Vjetnamio”
  • Finnish: “Tay Bac”
  • Finnish: “Tây Bắc”
  • French: “Nord-ouest”
  • French: “Tây Bắc”
  • German: “Nordwestvietnam”
  • German: “Region Nordwest-Vietnam”
  • German: “Tây Bắc Bộ”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमोत्तर”
  • Italian: “Tây Bắc Bộ”
  • Italian: “Tay Bac”
  • Italian: “Tây Bắc”
  • Japanese: “西北部 (ベトナム)”
  • Japanese: “西北部”
  • Korean: “서북부 지방 (베트남)”
  • Korean: “서북부 지방”
  • Lao: “ຕາເວັນຕົກສຽງເໜືອ (ຫວຽດນາມ)”
  • Lao: “ຕາເວັນຕົກສຽງເໜືອ”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės vakarų Vietnamas”
  • Lithuanian: “Taibakas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tay Bac”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tây Bắc”
  • Norwegian: “Tay Bac”
  • Persian: “شمال غربی ویتنام”
  • Persian: “شمال‌غربی ویتنام”
  • Polish: “Region Północno-Zachodni”
  • Polish: “Tay Bac”
  • Polish: “Wietnam Północno-Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Noroeste”
  • Spanish: “Región Noroeste (Vietnam)”
  • Spanish: “Región Noroeste”
  • Thai: “ภาคตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzeybatı Bölgesi (Vietnam)”
  • Turkish: “Kuzeybatı Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Захід (В’єтнам)”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Захід”
  • Urdu: “شمال مغربی”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc Bắc Bộ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc Bộ Việt Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc Bộ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc Việt Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Tây Bắc Việt Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Tây Bắc”
  • Yue Chinese: “西北部 (越南)”

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