Sa Pa

Sa Pa is a town in a beautiful, mountainous region of northern on the border with . The town has a population of 9,400, while Sapa district, covering 677 km², has 82,000 people 2018).
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  • Type: City with 42,100 residents
  • Description: old town of Lao Cai province, Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Chapa”, “Huyen Sa Pa”, “Huyện Sa Pa”, “Sa Pa town”, “Sa Pa Ward”, “Sapa town”, and “Thị xã Sapa”

Sa Pa

Latitude
22.3334° or 22° 20′ 0″ north
Longitude
103.8427° or 103° 50′ 34″ east
Population
42,100
Elevation
1,544 metres (5,066 feet)
Open location code
7PJ58RMV+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7244010173
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1905008
Wiki­data ID
Q7395483
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sa Pa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سا با”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şapa (şəhər)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şapa”
  • Betawi: “Sa Pa”
  • Cebuano: “Thị xã Sa Pa”
  • Chinese: “沙垻市社”
  • Czech: “Sa Pa”
  • Danish: “Sapa”
  • Dutch: “Sa Pa”
  • Esperanto: “Sa Pa”
  • French: “Sa Pa”
  • German: “Sa Pa”
  • Indonesian: “Sa Pa”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Sa Pa”
  • Italian: “Sa Pa”
  • Japanese: “サパ”
  • Khmer: “សាបា”
  • Khmer: “សាប៉ា”
  • Korean: “사빠”
  • Lao: “ຊາປາ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sa Pa Chhī-siā”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sa Pa”
  • Norwegian: “Sa Pa”
  • Persian: “سا پا”
  • Polish: “Sa Pa”
  • Portuguese: “Sa Pa”
  • Russian: “Шапа (город)”
  • Russian: “Шапа”
  • Slovak: “Sa Pa”
  • Slovenian: “Sa Pa”
  • Spanish: “Sa Pa”
  • Swedish: “Sa Pa”
  • Thai: “ซาปา”
  • Ukrainian: “Шапа (місто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Шапа”
  • Urdu: “سا پا ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Phường Sa Pa”
  • Vietnamese: “Sa Pa”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙巴 (市社)”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙巴”
  • “Sa Pa”

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