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Lạng Sơn (listen) is a city in far northern Vietnam, which is the capital of Lạng Sơn Province. It is accessible by road and rail from Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and it is the northernmost point on National Route 1.

Lạng Sơn Thành phố Lạng Sơn
City (Class-3)
Lạng Sơn City
Lạng Sơn Location in Vietnam
Coordinates: 21°50′52″N 106°45′28″E
Country	Vietnam
Province	Lạng Sơn Province
Area
• Total	79 km2 (31 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	200,108
Climate	Cwa

History

Due to its geography as Vietnam's gateway to China, Lạng Sơn and its ancient citadel have been in the path of many invasions, and were the site of three French defeats during the colonial era. Occupied by Qing forces during the military buildup that preceded the Sino-French War, the city was occupied by France after the two-week Lạng Sơn Campaign in February 1885. However, the brigade there conducted a hasty retreat after a failed attack at the Battle of Bang Bo into China; the "retreat from Lạng Sơn" became the most controversial aspect of the war and led to the fall of Jules Ferry's ministry.[1] Outnumbered French colonial forces clashed with the Japanese 5th Division in the Battle of Lạng Sơn during the Japanese Vietnam Expedition on 22 September 1940. The French were again compelled to retreat hastily.[2] In 1945 it was again the scene of heavy fighting during the Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina.

After the end of the Pacific War, the French colonial army established a permanent garrison there, which served as the logistics hub for the French border fortresses. It was evacuated in 1950 during Võ Nguyên Giáp's offensive against the French border forts, considered a turning point in the Indochina War. The city was the center of fighting during the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979, and sustained extensive damage. ^{[citation needed]}

Geology and climate

The surface rocks in the area are a Permian limestone, overlain by the early Triassic Lang Son Formation, consisting of flyschoid beds with interbedded sandstones, siltstones and clay shales and some felsic volcanics.[3] This place even can experience snow in the coldest moments of winter although Vietnam is basically snow free, it and the whole of Northern Vietnam is in an area of the subtropical climate.

See also

• Pingxiang

References

На других языках

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[de] Lạng Sơn (Stadt)

Lạng Sơn ist die Hauptstadt der Provinz Lạng Sơn in Vietnam. Sie liegt im äußersten Norden des Landes und bildet eine Grenzstadt zu China. Die Stadt wird von dem Fluss Kỳ Cùng durchflossen. Die Provinzstadt Lạng Sơn hatte 2019 eine Einwohnerzahl von 103.284. In der Kernstadt leben davon 74.492 und der Rest im ländlichen Umland.[1] Die Stadt verfügt seit 2002 über das Stadtrecht und besitzt den Status einer Provinzstadt der 2. Klasse.

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- [en] Lạng Sơn

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[ru] Лангшон

Лангшо́н (вьетн. Lạng Sơn, тьы-ном 諒山) — город во Вьетнаме, административный центр одноимённой провинции.

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