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Lào Cai
Lao Cai · Vietnam
City population
130,671
#108
in Vietnam
#1
in Lao Cai
#4,359
worldwide
22.486, 103.971 · 252 km from Hanoi
About Lào Cai
Lào Cai is a city in Lao Cai, Vietnam with a population of 130,671. It is the 108th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, and the 4,359th largest worldwide. It lies 252 km from Hanoi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Lao Cai
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
86 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Bangkok
Coordinates
22.486, 103.971
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 301 in VietnamClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.