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Điện Biên Phủ

South-eastern Asia

Điện Biên Phủ is a former city in the northwestern region of Vietnam and was the capital of Điện Biên Province before the 2025 administrative reform. It is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ in the First Indochina War, a siege of the French garrison that lasted fifty-seven days, from 13 March to 7 May 1954, between the Việt Minh under General Võ Nguyên Giáp and the French Union under General Henri Navarre. Giáp's victory ended major French involvement in Indochina and led to the Geneva accords that partitioned Vietnam. The city lies in Mường Thanh Valley, a basin 20 kilometres long and 6 kilometres wide, only about 10 kilometres from the border with Laos, and the region is a centre of ethnic Tai culture. The place was formerly called Muang Thaeng. Until the province was created in 2004 it was part of Lai Châu Province, and it was raised to town status in 1992 and to city status in 2003. Government statistics gave 80,366 people in 2019, covering 308.18 square kilometres.

Facts
Population
55,251 1
Area (sq km)
308.18 2
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+07:00 5
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Vietnam: cities and towns (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.de
  • Cities table, 2019 census column
    Điện Biên Phủ City DBI 45,922 46,362 55,251
  • Cities table, census year
    Điện Biên Phủ City DBI 45,922 46,362 55,251
  • On Continent: Asia, Page trail, Asia
    Home → Asia → Vietnam
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2. Điện Biên Phủ (city) (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, area
    covering an area of 308.18 km2
  • Part Of: Vietnam, Lead
    is a former city in the northwestern region of Vietnam
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Lead, place in Vietnam
    is a former city in the northwestern region of Vietnam
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3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 21.3833,103.0167
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (21.3833,103.0167); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountain
Quote, SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (21.3833,103.0167); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountain
"elevation": 497.0
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4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 21.25 103.25 (class Cwa) containing the city point
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 21.25 103.25 (class Cwa) containing the city point
21.25 103.25 Cwa
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, current rule (7:00 offset); the comment under it says the entry agrees with all of Vietnam since 1975-06-13
Quote, Zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, current rule (7:00 offset); the comment under it says the entry agrees with all of Vietnam since 1975-06-13
Ho Chi Minh entry suffices for most purposes as it agrees with all of
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