Dien Bien Province

Infobox province of Vietnam
Name = Điện Biên
Meaning = Seat of Government on the Frontier


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Capital = Điện Biên Phủ
Region = Northwest
Area = 9,560
Population = 440,800
Population year = 2004
Population density = 46.1
Ethnicities = Vietnamese/Kinh, H'Mông, Dao, Thai
Calling code = 23
ISO code = VN-71
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Điện Biên Province (in Vietnamese, "Tỉnh Điện Biên"; Hán Tự: ) is a province in northwestern Vietnam. It is bordered by Lai Chau and Son La provinces of Vietnam in the East and the South, Pu'er City of (Yunnan, China) in the North, and Phongsali Province of Laos in the West.

Administration

Điện Biên is a new province which was created by dividing the former Lai Chau Province in early 2004. Điện Biên includes all the land to the south of the Đà River (Black River), and New Lai Châu Province includes all the land to the north of the Đà River.

Điện Biên is divided one city (Điên Biên Phủ), one town (Mường Lay - formerly called Lai Châu), and six districts:

*Điện Biên
*Điện Biên Đông
*Mường Chà (formerly called Mường Lay)
*Mường Nhé
*Tủa Chùa
*Tuần Giáo

The capital of the province, Điên Biên Phủ, is a world-famous battlefield.

External links

* [http://www.dulichdienbienphu.gov.vn/default_en.asp Official tourism website for Điện Biên Phủ]