SE Asia
Vietnam
Northern Vietnam

Cao Bang

Cao Bằng is the capital of Cao Bằng province in northern Vietnam. While unremarkable in and of itself, Cao Bằng is an easy-going gateway to the surrounding lakes, minority villages, karst peaks, caves, and the Ban Gioc Waterfall on the Chinese border.
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  • Type: State with 558,000 residents
  • Description: province of Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Cao Bằng”, “Cao Bang Province”, “Cao Bằng province”, “Cao Bằng Province”, and “Tinh Cao Bang”

Cao Bang

Latitude
22.7427° or 22° 44′ 34″ north
Longitude
106.1061° or 106° 6′ 22″ east
Population
558,000
Elevation
348 metres (1,142 feet)
Open location code
7PJ8P4V4+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3219720969
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1586182
Wiki­data ID
Q36865
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Cao Bang” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Cao Bằng”
  • Arabic: “محافظة كاو بانغ”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه كاو بانج”
  • Balinese: “Propinsi Cao Bằng”
  • Bengali: “কাও ব্যাং”
  • Betawi: “Cao Bằng”
  • Betawi: “Propinsi Cao Bằng”
  • Bulgarian: “Као Банг”
  • Catalan: “Cao Bang”
  • Cebuano: “Tỉnh Cao Bằng”
  • Chinese: “Cao Bằng Séng”
  • Chinese: “高平省”
  • Czech: “Cao Bang”
  • Danish: “Cao Bằng”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Cao Bang”
  • Dutch: “Cao Bang”
  • Dutch: “Cao Bằng”
  • Finnish: “Cao Bằng”
  • French: “Cao Bang”
  • French: “Cao Bằng”
  • French: “Province de Cao Bang”
  • French: “Province de Cao Bằng”
  • German: “Cao Bằng”
  • German: “VN-04”
  • Greek: “Κάο Μπάνγκ”
  • Gujarati: “કાઓ બાંન્ગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Cao Bằng”
  • Hebrew: “קאו באנג”
  • Hindi: “केओ बैंग”
  • Hindi: “कैओ बांग प्रान्त”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Cao Bang”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Cao Bằng”
  • Irish: “Cao Bằng”
  • Italian: “provincia di Cao Bang”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Cao Bang”
  • Japanese: “カオバン”
  • Japanese: “カオバン省”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾವೊ ಬ್ಯಾಂಗ್”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តកាវបាង”
  • Korean: “까오방성”
  • Lao: “ແຂວງກາວບັ່ງ”
  • Latvian: “Kaobana”
  • Lithuanian: “Kao Bangas”
  • Malay: “Cao Bang”
  • Marathi: “काओ बिंग”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Cao Bằng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cao Bằng”
  • Mongolian: “Гау Бан муж”
  • Mongolian: “Гау Бан”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cao Bằng (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cao Bằng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cao Bang”
  • Pampanga: “Cao Bang Lalawigan”
  • Persian: “استان کائو بانگ”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Cao Bang”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Cao Bằng”
  • Portuguese: “Cao Bang”
  • Portuguese: “Cao Bằng”
  • Russian: “Каобанг”
  • Serbian: “Cao Bang”
  • Serbian: “Као Банг”
  • Sinhala: “කඕ බෑන්ග්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کائو بانق اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Cao Bang”
  • Spanish: “Cao Bằng”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Cao Bằng”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Cao Bang”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Cao Bằng”
  • Swedish: “Cao Bang”
  • Swedish: “Cao Bằng”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Кау Банг”
  • Tamil: “கேயோ பாங்”
  • Telugu: “కావో బాంగ్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดกาวบั่ง”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดโคววีโอโก”
  • Turkish: “Cao Bằng ili”
  • Turkish: “Cao Bằng”
  • Ukrainian: “Каобанг”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ کاؤ بانگ”
  • Urdu: “کاؤ بانگ صوبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Cao Bằng”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Cao Bằng”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cao Bang”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ کاو بانگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “高平省”
  • Yue Chinese: “高平”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Cao Bang”. Photo: Ajarnmike, CC BY-SA 2.5.