Sơn La

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Sơn La
Provincial city (Class-3)
Sơn La City Thành phố Sơn La
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Coordinates: 21°19′37″N 103°54′51″E / 21.3270341°N 103.9141288°E / 21.3270341; 103.9141288
Country	Vietnam
Province	Sơn La
Area [1]
• Total	323.51 km2 (124.91 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[2]
• Total	106,052
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Climate	Cwa
Website	thanhpho.sonla.gov.vn

Sơn La (listen^ⓘ; Tai Dam: ꪹꪎꪷꪙꪨꪱ^[3]) is a city in the north-west region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Sơn La Province. It is bordered by Thuận Châu District, Mường La District, and Mai Sơn District.

In the era of the Sip Hoc Chau Tai, Sơn La was a fort of the Black Tai.^[4][5][6]

As of 2019 the city had a population of 106,052, covering an area of 323.5 km².

Sơn La City is divided into 12 commune-level sub-divisions, including 7 wards (Chiềng An, Chiềng Cơi, Chiềng Lề, Chiềng Sinh, Quyết Tâm, Quyết Thắng, Tô Hiệu) and 5 rural communes (Chiềng Cọ, Chiềng Đen, Chiềng Ngần, Chiềng Xôm, Hua La).

Like most of Northern Vietnam, Sơn La has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwa), affected by the East Asian monsoons.

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