Sơn La Explained
| Sơn La |
| Official Name: | Sơn La City |
| Native Name: | Thành phố Sơn La |
| Settlement Type: | City (Class-3) |
| Pushpin Map: | Vietnam#Southeast Asia#Asia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sơn La in Vietnam |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sơn La |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 323.51 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 106,052 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 21.327°N 103.9141°W |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate |
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cwa |
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
In the era of the Sip Song Chau Tai, Sơn La was a fort of the Black Tai.[4] [5] [6]
Demographics
As of 2019 the city had a population of 106,052, covering an area of 323.5 km2.
Administrative divisions
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
Like most of Northern Vietnam, Sơn La has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwa), affected by the East Asian monsoons.
Notes and References
- http://thanhpho.sonla.gov.vn/tin-bai/gioi-thieu-chung/thanh-pho-son-la/221-1322-116017 Giới thiệu chung thành phố Sơn La
- Book: . 2019 . "Completed Results of the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census" . Statistical Publishing House (Vietnam) . 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."
