Mong Cai

Mong Cai is a coastal town on the border in . Its Chinese neighbor is . You would probably consider Mong Cai only at most as a stopping point during your journey from China to or from Vietnam to China.
Photo: Phó Nháy, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 109,000 residents
  • Description: provincial city of Vietnam
  • Also known as: Mon Cay”, “Mon Gay”, “Móng Cái”, “Monkai”, and “Wangchieh

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dongxing.

is a town of 150,000 inhabitants in on the southwest coast of . It is a border town to with Mong Cai lying on the other side of the border river.

Mong Cai

Latitude
21.5298° or 21° 31′ 47″ north
Longitude
107.968° or 107° 58′ 5″ east
Population
109,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
VN MOC
Open location code
7PH9GXH9+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 622293422
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1574507
Wiki­data ID
Q33204
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Mong Cai” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Móng Cái
  • Chinese: Móng Cái Chhī
  • Chinese: 芒街
  • Chinese: 芒街市
  • Chinese: 芒街鎮
  • Chinese: 芒街镇
  • French: Moncay
  • French: Móng Cái
  • French: Monkay
  • German: Móng Cái
  • Hakka Chinese: Móng Cái
  • Hakka Chinese: Mông-kiê-sṳ
  • Indonesian: Móng Cái
  • Italian: Móng Cái
  • Japanese: モンカイ
  • Japanese: 芒街市
  • Korean: 몽까이
  • Min Nan Chinese: Móng Cái
  • Polish: Mong Cai
  • Polish: Móng Cái
  • Russian: Монгкай
  • Serbian: Móng Cái
  • Serbian: Монг Кај
  • Serbo-Croatian: Móng Cái
  • Spanish: Mong Cai
  • Spanish: Móng Cái
  • Swedish: Mong Cai
  • Swedish: Móng Cái
  • Thai: ม้องก๊าย
  • Turkish: Móng Cái
  • Ukrainian: Монгкай
  • Urdu: مؤنگ کآی
  • Vietnamese: Hải Ninh, Quảng Ninh
  • Vietnamese: Móng Cái
  • Vietnamese: Múng Cỏi
  • Vietnamese: Thành phố Móng Cái
  • Vietnamese: Thị xã Móng Cái
  • Yue Chinese: 芒街

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