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Thái Nguyên
City population
420,000
#20
in Vietnam
#1
in Thai Nguyen
#1,368
worldwide
21.594, 105.848 · 63 km from Hanoi
About Thái Nguyên
Thái Nguyên is a city in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam with a population of 420,000. It is the 20th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, and the 1,368th largest worldwide. It lies 63 km from Hanoi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Coordinates
21.594, 105.848
Record updated
14 April 2026
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.