Lao Cai was a provincial city and the former capital of Lao Cai province in Vietnam, located about 260 kilometers northwest of Hanoi at the meeting point of the Red River and the Nanxi River, bordering Yunnan, China. It has since been dissolved and reorganized into wards and communes within the province. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Lao Cai (city) (Wikipedia)
Lead sectionQuote, Lead section
Lào Cai (Vietnamese pronunciation: [làːw kāːj] ) is a former provincial city that has been dissolved and reorganized into wards and communes within Lào Cai province, Vietnam.
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation at 22.4806,103.975
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (22.4806,103.975); band thresholds: below 10 m sea level, 10 to under 200 m lowland, 200 to under 1000 m highland, 1000 m and over mountainQuote, SRTM 90 m elevation of the city point (22.4806,103.975); 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": 89.0
3. 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 22.25 103.75 (class Cfa) containing the city pointQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII data file, 0.5 degree cell 22.25 103.75 (class Cfa) containing the city point
22.25 103.75 Cfa
4. 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 1975-06-13Quote, 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
citypopulation.de: Vietnam: cities and towns (citypopulation.de)
citypopulation.dePart Of: Vietnam, Page trail, AsiaQuote, Part Of: Vietnam, Page trail, Asia
Home → Asia → Vietnam
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionIn Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Country list, South-eastern AsiaQuote, In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Country list, South-eastern Asia
Viet Nam 704 VNM
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