Districts of Lao Cai Province - Sa Pa, Lao Cai, B C Ha District, B O Yen District, B O Th Ng District, Lao Cai, M Ng Kh Ng District (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Sa Pa, Lao Cai, B c Ha District, B o Yen District, B o Th ng District, Lao Cai, M ng Kh ng District, Bat Xat District, V n Ban District, si Ma Cai District. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Sa Pa - It is most likely that Sa Pa was first inhabited by highland minorities of the Hmong and Yao groups, as well as by smaller numbers of Tay and Giay, these being the four main minority groups still present in Sa Pa district today. The Kinh (lowland Vietnamese) never originally colonised this highest of Vit Nams valleys, which lies in the shadow of Phan-Xi-Png (Fansipan, 3143 meters), the highest peak in the country. It was only when the French debarked in highland Tonkin in the late 1880s that Sa Pa, or Chapa as the French called it, began to appear on the national map. In the following decade, the future site of Sa Pa town started to see military parties as well as missionaries from the Societe des Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP) visit. The French military marched from the Red River Delta into the northern mountainous regions as part of Tonkins pacification. In 1894-96 the border between China and Tonkin was formally agreed upon and the Sa Pa area, just to the south of this frontier, was placed under French authority. From 1891 the entire Lao Cai region, including Sa Pa, came under direct colonial military administration so as to curtail banditry and political resistance on the sensitive northern frontier. The first permanent French civilian resident arrived in Sa Pa in 1909. With its attractive continental climate, health authorities believed the site had potential. By 1912 a military sanatorium for ailing officers had been erected along with a fully fledged military garrison. Then, from the 1920s onwards, several wealthy professionals with enoug...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2486763