Northwest

The Northwest is a geographic subregion of Vietnam, located west of the and south of the China-Vietnam border. The Northwest is one of the two sub-regions which make up the Northern Midland and Mountainous Regions of .
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  • Type: Region with 3,900,000 residents
  • Description: region of Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Northwest Vietnam”, “Šiaurės vakarų Vietnamas”, “Tây Bắc Bắc Bộ”, “Tây Bắc Bộ Việt Nam”, “Tây Bắc Việt Nam”, “Vùng Tây Bắc Việt Nam”, “西北區 (越南)”, and “西北部 (ベトナム)”

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”
  • Chinese: “西北部”
  • Dutch: “Northwest”
  • Esperanto: “Nordokcidento de Vjetnamio”
  • Finnish: “Tây Bắc”
  • French: “Nord-ouest”
  • German: “Nordwestvietnam”
  • German: “Region Nordwest-Vietnam”
  • German: “Tây Bắc Bộ”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमोत्तर”
  • Italian: “Tay Bac”
  • Italian: “Tây Bắc”
  • Japanese: “西北部”
  • Korean: “서북부 지방 (베트남)”
  • Korean: “서북부 지방”
  • Lao: “ຕາເວັນຕົກສຽງເໜືອ (ຫວຽດນາມ)”
  • Lao: “ຕາເວັນຕົກສຽງເໜືອ”
  • Lithuanian: “Taibakas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tay Bac”
  • Norwegian: “Tay Bac”
  • Persian: “شمال غربی ویتنام”
  • Persian: “شمال‌غربی ویتنام”
  • Polish: “Region Północno-Zachodni”
  • 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 Bộ”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung du và miền núi phía Bắc”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Tây Bắc”
  • Yue Chinese: “西北部 (越南)”
  • Yue Chinese: “西北部”

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