Lào Cai province

Lào Cai is a province in Northern Midland and Mountainous region of bordering the province of in China. The province covers an area of about 13,257 km2 and as of 2025 it had a population of 1,778,785 people. and are two cities within the province at the border with China; the former is known as a trading post and the latter is hill station known for tourism.
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  • Type: State with 1,780,000 residents
  • Description: province of Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Lào Cai”, “Lao Cai province”, “Lào Cai Province”, “Lao Kai”, “Lào Kai”, “Lào Kay”, “Mkoa wa Lao Cai”, “Province de Lao Cai”, “Provinz Lao Cai”, “Prowincja Lao Cai”, “VN-02”, “مقاطعه لاو كاي”, “保勝”, “北黎”, and “牢垓省”
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Lào Cai province

Latitude
22.3069° or 22° 18′ 25″ north
Longitude
104.183° or 104° 10′ 59″ east
Population
1,780,000
Elevation
141 metres (463 feet)
Open location code
7PJ6854M+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1539776962
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
13494334
Wiki­data ID
Q36446
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Lào Cai province” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Lào Cai”
  • Arabic: “محافظة لاو كاي”
  • Balinese: “Propinsi Lào Cai”
  • Bengali: “লাও কায়”
  • Bulgarian: “Лао Кай”
  • Burmese: “လောင်ကိုင်ပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “လောင်ကိုင်းပြည်နယ်”
  • Cebuano: “Lào Cai”
  • Cebuano: “Tỉnh Lào Cai”
  • Chinese: “老街省”
  • Czech: “Lao Cai”
  • Danish: “Lào Cai”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Lao Cai (wılayet)”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Lao Cai”
  • Dutch: “Lào Cai”
  • Finnish: “Lào Cai”
  • French: “Lào Cai”
  • French: “Province de Lào Cai”
  • German: “Lào Cai”
  • Greek: “Λάο Κάι”
  • Gujarati: “લાઓ કાઈ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Lào Cai”
  • Hebrew: “לאו קאי”
  • Hindi: “लाओ काई”
  • Hindi: “लाओ चाए प्रान्त”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Lao Cai”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Lào Cai”
  • Irish: “Lào Cai”
  • Italian: “provincia di Lao Cai”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Lào Cai”
  • Japanese: “ラオカイ”
  • Japanese: “ラオカイ省”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾಯ್ ಕೈ”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តឡាវកាយ”
  • Korean: “라오까이성”
  • Lao: “ແຂວງ​ລາວ​ກາຍ”
  • Latvian: “Laokajas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Lao Kai provincija”
  • Malay: “Lao Cai”
  • Marathi: “लाओ काई”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lào Cai”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lào Cai Séng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lào Cai”
  • Mongolian: “Лао Кай муж”
  • Mongolian: “Лау Гаая”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lào Cai (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lào Cai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lao Cai”
  • Persian: “استان لائو کای”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Lào Cai”
  • Portuguese: “Lao Cai”
  • Romanian: “Lào Cai”
  • Russian: “Лаокай”
  • Serbian: “Lao Cai”
  • Serbian: “Лао Кај”
  • Sinhala: “ලාඕ කායි”
  • Slovenian: “Lào Cai”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لائو کای اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Lao Cai”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Lào Cai”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Lào Cai”
  • Swedish: “Lao Cai”
  • Swedish: “Lào Cai”
  • Tamil: “லாவோ காய்”
  • Telugu: “లావో కాయి”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดหล่าวกาย”
  • Turkish: “Lào Cai”
  • Ukrainian: “Лаокай”
  • Urdu: “لاو کائی صوبہ”
  • Urdu: “لاو کائے صوبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Lào Cai”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Lào Cai”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lao Cai”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لاو کائی”
  • Wu Chinese: “老街省”
  • Yue Chinese: “老街”
  • Yue Chinese: “老街省”
  • “Lào Cai”

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