Northern Vietnam
Điện Biên Province
Thành Phố Điện Biên Phủ

Dien Bien Phu

Dien Bien Phu is a town of 80,000 people in northwestern Vietnam. The city is best known for the events which occurred there during the First Indochina War, the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ. Later in the war the region was a breadbasket for the Việt Minh.
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  • Type: City with 80,400 residents
  • Description: city in Điện Biên, Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Điện Biên Phủ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dien Bien Phu Airport.

Aerodrome
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Dien Bien Airport is located at Điện Biên Phủ in .

Dien Bien Phu

Latitude
21.3924° or 21° 23′ 33″ north
Longitude
103.016° or 103° 0′ 58″ east
Population
80,400
Elevation
485 metres (1,591 feet)
IATA airport code
DIN
Open location code
7PH592R8+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 428504674
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1583477
Wiki­data ID
Q36027
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Dien Bien Phu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دين بيان فو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dyenbyenfu”
  • Bavarian: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Bengali: “দিয়েন বিয়েন ফু”
  • Breton: “Ðiện Biên Phủ”
  • Bulgarian: “Диенбиенфу”
  • Catalan: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Catalan: “Ðiện Biên Phủ”
  • Cebuano: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Chinese: “Điện Biên Phủ Chhī”
  • Chinese: “奠边府”
  • Chinese: “奠边府市”
  • Chinese: “奠邊府”
  • Chinese: “奠邊府市”
  • Croatian: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Croatian: “Đien Bien Phu”
  • Croatian: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Czech: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Danish: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Danish: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Dutch: “Dien Bien Pho”
  • Dutch: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Dutch: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Esperanto: “Batalo de Dien Bien Phu”
  • Esperanto: “Batalo de Dien-Bien-Phu”
  • Esperanto: “Batalo je Dien-Bien-Phu”
  • Esperanto: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Esperanto: “Dien-Bien-Phu”
  • Finnish: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Finnish: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • French: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • French: “Dien Bien Phủ”
  • French: “Diên Biên Phu”
  • French: “Diên Biên Phù”
  • French: “Diện Biên Phu”
  • French: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • French: “Ðiên Biên Phú”
  • French: “Ðiện Biên Phủ”
  • French: “Dien-Bien-Phu”
  • French: “Diên-Biên-Phu”
  • German: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • German: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Greek: “Ντιέν Μπιέν Φου”
  • Gujarati: “ડીએન બિએન ફુ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Thièn-piên-fú”
  • Hindi: “डीएन बिएन फु”
  • Hungarian: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Hungarian: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Indonesian: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Interlingue: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Italian: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Italian: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Japanese: “ディエン・ビエン・フー”
  • Japanese: “ディエンビエンフー”
  • Japanese: “奠辺府市”
  • Kannada: “ಡೈನ್ ಬೇನ್ ಫು”
  • Korean: “디엔비엔푸”
  • Korean: “지엔비엔푸”
  • Lao: “ດຽນບຽນຟູ”
  • Latvian: “Djenbjenfu”
  • Lithuanian: “Dien Bien Fu”
  • Lithuanian: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Lithuanian: “Dienbjenfu”
  • Lithuanian: “Muang Thaengas”
  • Lombard: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Malay: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Marathi: “डाईंन बाईन फु”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Điện Biên Phủ Chhī”
  • Mingrelian: “დიენბიენფუ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Norwegian: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Persian: “دین بین فو”
  • Persian: “دین‌بین‌فو”
  • Polish: “Dien Bien Fu”
  • Polish: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Polish: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Polish: “Ðiện Biên Phủ”
  • Portuguese: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Russian: “Дьенбьенфу”
  • Serbian: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Serbian: “Диен Биен Фу”
  • Serbian: “Дијен Бијен Фу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Sinhala: “ඩයන් බයන් ෆු”
  • Slovenian: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Spanish: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Spanish: “Dien Bien Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Dien Biên Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Diện Bien Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Diện Biên Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Đien Bien Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Đien Biên Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Điện Bien Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Ðien Bien Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Ðien Biên Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Ðiện Bien Phủ”
  • Spanish: “Ðiện Biên Phủ”
  • Swahili: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Swahili: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Swedish: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Swedish: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Tamil: “டியின் பியன் ப்ஹு”
  • Telugu: “డీన్ బీన్ ఫు”
  • Thai: “เดี่ยนเบียนฝู”
  • Thai: “เดียนเบียนฟู”
  • Thai: “เมืองแถง”
  • Turkish: “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Turkish: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Ukrainian: “Д’єнб’єнфу”
  • Ukrainian: “Дьєнб’єнфу”
  • Ukrainian: “Дьєнбєнфу”
  • Urdu: “دیئن بیئن فو”
  • Vietnamese: “ĐBP”
  • Vietnamese: “Điện Biên Phủ, Điện Biên”
  • Vietnamese: “Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Vietnamese: “Ðiện Biên Phủ”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Điện Biên Phủ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dien Bien Phu”
  • Western Panjabi: “دیئن بیئن پھو”
  • Wu Chinese: “奠邊府市”
  • Yue Chinese: “奠邊府”
  • Zeeuws: “Dien Bien Phu”

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