1. Population: 598,000

2. Geographical features:

• Total area: 7,500 square km
• Lao Cai is a border province where live many ethnic groups.

3. Ethnic groups: 17

• Kinh and H'Mong: 10,000 people
• Dao: 56,254 people
• Tay: 61,034 people
• Thai: 37,703 people
• Nung: 25,548 people
• Day: 20,348 people
• Lao: 1,189 people
• Phu La and Sa Pho: 5,844 people
• Bo Y: 929 people

4. Religions:

• Ha Nhi: 2,233 people
• Hoa: 400 people
• Khang: 380 people
• La Ha: 432 people
• Muong: 183 people
• La Chi: 168 people
• Besides, there are 12 other people such as: Kho Mu, Lo LO, Ede, Ba Na, Brau, San Chang, M'Nong, Xtieng, Pu Peo.

• Buddhism: 200 believers.
• Catholicism: 10,000 believers.
• Protestantism: 800 believers

• 5. Cultural institutions:

Classified relics (as of 7/5/1997): 3

Historical relics:2

Cultural relic: 1

 

 

 

6. Festivals:

• Special relics:
  • Sight seeing spots:
  • Ta Phoi Cave (Cam Duong)
  • Co Tien mountain (Bac Ha)
  • Luy Co Trung Do (Bac Ha)
  • Mau temple (Lao Cai)
  • Sa Pa relic (Sa Pa)
  • Lao Cai town relic
  • Hung Viet military base

• Sai San festival (Pha Long - Muong Khuong): In the third day of the first moon of the lunar calendar.