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Area: 6,383 sq.km
Population: 497,000
Provincial: Cao Bang Town
Ban Gioc Waterfall
Districts:
Bao Lac, Thong Nong, Ha Quang, Tra Linh, Trung Khanh, Nguyen
Binh, Hoa An, Quang Hoa, Thach An, Ha Lang.
Economic potentialities:
Agriculture, hydro-electricity, iron
Cao Bang, a province in the northern highlands, shares
borders with China (north), Bac Can and Lang Son (south),
and Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang (west). There are nine ethnic
minorities living in Cao Bang, including the Tay, Nung, Dao,
and H’mong.
The tropical climate of this mountainous region brings
temperate weather divided in four seasons. The hottest month
is May, and the coldest is January.
Famous sites include Thang Then Lake in Tra Linh, Ban Gioc
Fall in Trung Khanh, and Ba Be Lakes in Ba Be. Several sites
where Uncle Ho lived and worked before the August 1945
Revolution include Pac Bo, Coc Bo Cave, Lenin Stream, and
Khuoi Nam Stream.
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