Nghĩa Lộ is a town in

Yên Bái Province Yên Bái was a former Provinces of Vietnam, province located in Northwest (Vietnam), Northwest Vietnam. It shares borders with six provinces which are Hà Giang province, Lào Cai province, Lai Châu province, Sơn La province, Phú Thọ provinc ...

, in the north-east region of

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. It is bordered by Văn Chấn District and Trạm Tấu District. In 1951, the Viet Minh 312 Division fought French forces in the area as part of the

First Indochina War The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between French Fourth Republic, France and Việ ...

. As of 2020, the district had a population of 68,206. The district covers an area of 107.78 km².

Administrative divisions

Nghĩa Lộ is divided into 14 commune-level sub-divisions, including 4 wards (Cầu Thia, Pú Trạng, Tân An, Trung Tâm) and 10 rural communes (Hạnh Sơn, Nghĩa An, Nghĩa Lộ, Nghĩa Lợi, Nghĩa Phúc, Phù Nham, Phúc Sơn, Sơn A, Thạch Lương, Thanh Lương).

Climate

References

Districts of Yên Bái province Populated places in Yên Bái province County-level towns in Vietnam Yên Bái province {{YenBai-geo-stub