Sơn La
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Sơn La
Thành phố Sơn La | |
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| Sơn La City | |
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  Sơn La Location of Sơn La in Vietnam  Sơn La Sơn La (Southeast Asia)  Sơn La Sơn La (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 21°19′37″N 103°54′51″E / 21.3270341°N 103.9141288°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Sơn La |
| Area | |
| • Total | 323.51 km2 (124.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
| • Total | 106,052 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Website | thanhpho |
Sơn La (; 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.
History
[edit]In the era of the Sip Song Chau Tai, Sơn La was a fort of the Black Tai.[4][5][6]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2019 the city had a population of 106,052, covering an area of 323.5 km2.
Administrative divisions
[edit]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).
Climate
[edit]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) | 31.5 (88.7) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
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) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 24.9 (0.98) |
23.8 (0.94) |
49.3 (1.94) |
115.4 (4.54) |
182.8 (7.20) |
236.5 (9.31) |
267.7 (10.54) |
264.8 (10.43) |
137.9 (5.43) |
62.0 (2.44) |
34.8 (1.37) |
18.8 (0.74) |
1,415.6 (55.73) |
| Average rainy days | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 12.4 | 16.8 | 18.9 | 21.6 | 19.9 | 13.2 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 134.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79.0 | 75.7 | 72.6 | 74.6 | 77.8 | 82.9 | 85.0 | 85.6 | 84.0 | 81.9 | 80.7 | 79.1 | 79.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 142.9 | 143.9 | 171.5 | 193.5 | 204.6 | 150.4 | 150.6 | 164.8 | 179.5 | 177.8 | 164.6 | 164.9 | 2,005.7 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[7] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Giới thiệu chung thành phố Sơn La 27-11-2014 05:35
- ^ General Statistics Office of Vietnam (2019). "Completed Results of the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Statistical Publishing House (Vietnam). ISBN 978-604-75-1532-5.
- ^ This spelling is in the lyrics of this video (made by http://www.taistudiescenter.org): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kmBtvFcQF0
- ^ Vietnam - Page 232 Michelin, - 2010 "Nommé gouverneur du district par l'administration coloniale en 1940, Deo Van Long devint de fait le suzerain non seulement des Thaïs blancs de Muong Te et de Phong To, mais aussi des Thaïs noirs de Son La."
- ^ La cosmologie mừơng: suivie d'une étude sur le système agraire ... - Page 121 Từ Chi Nguyẽ̂n - 1997 "... rejoignent les esprits des phïa et tao, placés au-dessous des a nha; et, enfin, le "bord du ciel" réservé aux esprits des hommes du peuple. Toujours des Thâi noirs de Son La, Nguyên Ngoc Tuan rapporte un modèle d'univers assez différent."
- ^ Nasan: la victoire oubliée, 1952-1953 : base aéroterrestre au Tonkin - Page 43 Jacques Favreau, Nicolas Dufour - 1999 "... Bao Daï en Haute-Région où accompagné de Dao Van Long, chef « historique » et président de la confédération thaï, il reçut l'allégeance des populations, aussi bien celle des Thaïs blancs de Laichau que celle des Thaïs noirs de Son-La."
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).
| Điện Biên province |  | |
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| Hòa Bình province | ||
| Lai Châu province | ||
| Lào Cai province | ||
| Sơn La province | ||
| Yên Bái province | ||
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