Bảo Yên is a

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

of Lào Cai province in the

Northeast The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each se ...

region of

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. As of 2003, the district had a population of 73,924. The district covers an area of 821 km². The district capital lies at Phố Ràng. The Giáy language is spoken in some parts of the district by local minorities. The planned

Sapa Airport Lào Cai Airport or Sapa Airport (Vietnamese language: Sân bay Lào Cai, Sân bay Sapa) is a military/civil planned to be constructed in the province of Lào Cai, Vietnam, around 35 km south of Sapa. The airport will be located in the comm ...

will be built in this district.

Administrative divisions

Phố Ràng (district capital), Long Khánh, Long Phúc, Việt Tiến, Lương Sơn, Yên Sơn, Xuân Thượng, Minh Tân, Bảo Hà, Cam Con, Kim Sơn, Điện Quan, Thượng Hà, Tân Dương, Xuân Hòa, Vĩnh Yên, Nghĩa Đô and Tân Tiến.

References

Districts of Lào Cai province Lào Cai province {{LaoCai-geo-stub