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Sa Pa, the capital of the district of the same name in the north-western border province of Lao Cai. It is an important market town with great importance for the Hmong, Red Dao and Tay tribes living in the area. The region has a population of about 39,000.
Sa Pa was first inhabited by the Hmong and Yao tribes, who still live in the area.

Sa Pa is situated at an altitude of 1.600 meters in the Hoang Lien Son Mountains, which are also home to the national park of the same name. The climate is temperate with rainy summers from May to August and cool winters, often foggy with occasional snowfall. The average temperature is between 15 and 18 °C.