Sơn La (listen; Tai Dam: ꪹꪎꪷꪙꪨꪱ[3]) is a city in the north-west region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Sơn La Province. It is bordered by Thuận Châu District, Mường La District, and Mai Sơn District.
Sơn La
Thành phố Sơn La | |
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City (Class-3) | |
Sơn La City | |
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![]() ![]() Sơn La Location of Sơn La in Vietnam | |
Coordinates: 21°19′37″N 103°54′51″E | |
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Province | Sơn La |
Area | |
• Total | 323.51 km2 (124.91 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 106,052 |
• Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
Website | thanhpho |
In the era of the Sip Song Chau Tai, Sơn La was a fort of the Black Tai.[4][5][6]
As of 2019 the city had a population of 106,052, covering an area of 323.5 km2.
Sơn La City is divided into 12 commune-level sub-divisions, including 7 wards (Chiềng An, Chiềng Cơi, Chiềng Lề, Chiềng Sinh, Quyết Tâm, Quyết Thắng, Tô Hiệu) and 5 rural communes (Chiềng Cọ, Chiềng Đen, Chiềng Ngần, Chiềng Xôm, Hua La).
Like most of Northern Vietnam, Sơn La has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwa), affected by the East Asian monsoons.
Climate data for Sơn La | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 30.6 (87.1) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
37.3 (99.1) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
Average high °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
Average low °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.2 (68.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18 (0.7) |
26 (1.0) |
48 (1.9) |
115 (4.5) |
187 (7.4) |
255 (10.0) |
265 (10.4) |
268 (10.6) |
136 (5.4) |
65 (2.6) |
35 (1.4) |
16 (0.6) |
1,434 (56.5) |
Average precipitation days | 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 12.6 | 17.1 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 20.0 | 13.6 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 136.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 78.6 | 75.4 | 72.2 | 74.3 | 77.8 | 83.3 | 85.1 | 85.9 | 84.2 | 82.2 | 80.6 | 78.8 | 79.9 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 146 | 140 | 173 | 190 | 203 | 147 | 149 | 161 | 179 | 182 | 158 | 171 | 2,000 |
Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[7] |
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Lai Châu province | ||
Lào Cai province | ||
Sơn La province | ||
Yên Bái province | ||
※ denotes provincial seat. |
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