City profile · Vietnam · Asia
Sơn La
Son La Province · Vietnam
City population
106,052
#132
in Vietnam
#2
in Son La Province
#5,402
worldwide
21.326, 103.919 · 202 km from Hanoi
About Sơn La
Sơn La is a city in Son La Province, Vietnam with a population of 106,052. It is the 132nd largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, and the 5,402nd largest worldwide. It lies 202 km from Hanoi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Son La Province
Rank in region
#2of 4
Elevation
608 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Bangkok
Coordinates
21.326, 103.919
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.