Cao Minh (xã Cao Minh) is a commune in
Tràng Định District,
Lạng Sơn Province,
Vietnam
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.
Cao Minh borders
Bắc Kạn Province to the west, and the communes Đoàn Kết and Tân Tiến to the northeast and south. Its administrative center is at Vàng Can.
Cao Minh has a population of 1109 (1997) in 8 villages. 64% of the population are
Mieu (officially a subgroup of the
Hmong
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* Hmong cuisine
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) and most of the rest
Yao and
Tay, with a very small
Nung minority.
[Trang Dinh District's Board of Fixed Cultivation and Settlement 1997: p. 13, cited in Nguyen Van Thang (2007), Ambiguity of Identity: p. 3]
The 8 villages of Cao Minh Commune are as follows (Nguyen 2007:3).
*Vàng Can
*Khuổi Vai
*Khuổi Lài (ethnically mixed village)
*Khuổi Lập
*Khuổi Giảo (largest village; includes Khuổi Giảo, Khuổi Lài, and Khuổi Hẻo hamlets)
*Khuổi Lứng (predominantly
Yao)
*Khuổi Tó
*Kéo Đanh (predominantly
Yao)
References
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Communes of Lạng Sơn province
Populated places in Lạng Sơn province