Điện Biên Đông is a
rural district
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of
Điện Biên Province in the
Northwest
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region of Vietnam. The district is predominantly mountainous. The district was established in 1995.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 48,990.
The district covers an area of 1,206 km². The district capital lies at
Mường Luân, although the only town in the district is
Điện Biên Đông.
Geography
The district lies in the southeastern part of Điện Biên Province, to the immediate southeast of
Điện Biên Phủ
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City, south of
Tuần Giáo District, east of
Điện Biên District, north/northwest of
Sốp Cộp District and west of
Sông Mã District and
Thuận Châu District in
Sơn La Province
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.
Điện Biên Đông is located at an average elevation of 900–1000 m.
The land is dominated by many streams and mountains which account for 90% of natural land.
The main river is the
Nậm Mạ River which flows through the central part of the district. Điện Biên Đông has a tropical climate, influenced each year by two large air masses: the northern dry air, and the cold and hot humid air from the south.
Average rainfall is from 1600–1700 mm, falling mostly in June, and the average temperature throughout the year is 22 degrees Celsius.
The ethnic composition is as follows:
Hmong
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* Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand
* Hmong cuisine
* Hmong customs and culture
** Hmong music
** Hmong textile art
* Hmong language, a continuum of closely related to ...
(53.73%),
Thai
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* Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia
** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand
** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand
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(32.06%),
Lao (2.9%),
Kho Mu (5.96%) and
Sinh Mun (3.46%), with the remainder being minorities.
Administrative divisions
Điện Biên Đông has 14 administrative units, including a township and 13 communes:
*
Điện Biên Đông township
*
Chiềng Sơ
*
Háng Lìa
*
Keo Lôm
*
Luân Giới
*
Mường Luân
*
Na Son
*
Nong U
*
Phì Nhừ
*
Phình Giàng
*
Pu Nhi
*
Pú Hồng
*
Tìa Dình
*
Xa Dung
Economy
The main agricultural commodities are rice, corn, peanuts, betel nuts, cotton, tea and products from livestock farming.
Điện Biên Đông district has reserves of gold ore, lead and zinc.
Many of the Thai inhabitants live in two colonnade homes with wooden floors, usually along the streams and mainly farm rice and weave.
There is a notable tower in the commune of
Mường Luân, classified as a national monument in 1981.
passes through the central part of the district.
References
External links
Photograph
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Districts of Điện Biên province
Điện Biên province