Populated Places in Dien Bien Province - Cha Cang, Cha N A, Cha T, Chi Ng Sinh, Chi Ng S, Chung Ch I, Dien Bien Phu, Hang Lia, Him Lam, H a Ngai, Hu I, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Cha Cang, Cha N a, Cha T, Chi ng Sinh, Chi ng S, Chung Ch i, Dien Bien Phu, Hang Lia, Him Lam, H a Ngai, Hu i, Hu i Leng, Keo Lom, Lao X Phinh, Lay N a, Leng Su Sin, Luan Gi i, Ma Thi H, Mun Chung, M ng Bang, M ng Cha, Muong Lay, M ng Loi, M ng Luan, M ng Mun, M ng M n, M ng Nha, M ng Nhe, M ng Ph ng, M ng P n, M ng Thanh, M ng Thin, M ng Toong, M ng Tung, M ng un, N m Ke, N m Kh n, Nam Thanh, i n Bien Ph, N m Vi, Na B ng, Na Co Sa, Na H, Na Khoa, Na Lay, Na Nh n, Na Sang, Na Say, Na Son, Na T u, Na, Nong U, Noong Bua, No ng H t, Noong Lu ng, Nua Ngam, Pa Ham, Pa M, Pa T n, Pa Th m, Phinh Giang, Phinh Sang, Phin H, Phi Nh, Pu H ng, Pu Nhi, Pu Nhung, Quai Cang, Quai N a, Quai T, Qu ng Lam, Sam M n, Sang Nhe, Sa Long, Sa T ng, Sen Th ng, Sinh Phinh, Sin Ch i, Sin Th u, Si Pa Phin, Song a (M ng Lay), Tan Thanh, i n Bien Ph, Ta Leng, Ta Ma, T Phin, T Sin Thang, Tenh Phong, Thanh An, i n Bien, Thanh Binh, i n Bien Ph, Thanh Ch n, Thanh H ng, i n Bien, Thanh Luong, Thanh Minh, i n Bien Ph, Thanh N a, Thanh Tr ng, Thanh X ng, Thanh Yen, i n Bien, Tia Dinh, T a Tinh, Trung Thu, Dien Bien, Tu n Giao, T a Chua, T a Thang, Xa Dung, i n Bien ong. Excerpt: i n Bien Ph () is a city in northwestern Vietnam. It is the capital of i n Bien Province. The city is best known for the events which occurred there during the First Indochina War, the Battle of i n Bien Ph, during which the region was a breadbasket for the Vi t Minh. The city was formally called Thaeng. Statistics on i n Bien Ph 's population vary depending on definitions figures are generally between 70,000 and 125,000. The city is growing quickly, and is projected to have a population of 150,000 by 2020. The majority of the population is not ethnically Vietnamese - rather, Thai ethnic groups form the largest segment. Ethnic Vietnamese make up around a third of the population, with the remainder being Hmong, Si La, or others. i n Bien Ph lies in Muong Thanh valley, a 20-km-long and 6-km-wide basin sometimes described as "heart-shaped." It is on the western edge of i n Bien Province, of which it is the capital, and is only a short distance from the border with Laos. Until the creation of the province in 2004, it was part of the province of Lai Chau. The Vietnamese government elevated i n Bien Ph to town status in 1992, and to city status in 2003. National route 12 connects i n Bien to Lai Chau. i n Bien Ph Airport serves the city with air route to Hanoi. The 8th century Thai locality of Muang Then is believed to have been centered here. In the 1950s, the town was known not only for its famous opium traffic, generating 500,000,000 French francs annually, but more so for a fierce battle that would result in a major realignment of world geopolitics. It was also an extensive source of rice for the Vi t Minh. The region was fortified in November 1953 by the French Union force in the biggest airborne operation of the 1946-1954 First Indochina War, Operation Castor, to block Vi t Minh transport routes and to set the stage to draw out Vi t Minh forces. The following year, the important Battle of i n Bien Ph was fought between the Vi t Minh (led by General