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Geography
Located at the highest latitude in Vietnam,
Ha
Giang travel is surrounded by
Cao Bang on the east,
Tuyen Quang on the south,
Lao Cai, and Yen Bai
on the west. It shares a border with China in
the north (274km boundary).
Ha
Giang's complicated topography is divided into 3
areas. The area on the south has rocky mountain,
separated rivers. The west area has sloping
mountain side, high pass, valleys, and narrow
springs. The low land area includes hills,
valley of Lo River, and Ha Giang Town.
The
climate is divided in two distinct seasons,
rainy and dry, although it tends to vary
depending on altitude. The annual average
temperature varies between 24 and 28ºC. In
winter, the temperature is sometimes down to
-5ºC.
Tourism
Mountains in
Ha Giang are quite high, in which
the highest Tay Con Linh point with 2,419m in
height. There are good woods, over 1000 kinds of
valuable drug trees, animals (tigers, peacocks,
phoenix, pangolin) in primitive forests.
Coming to Ha Giang, tourists are attracted by
poetic Dong Van Highland, Love Market of Khau
Vai. They can buy embroidery such as
handkerchief, haversack, and dress with
colorful, fine pattern. They also take part in
enjoyable market-day of local ethnics. The
people and natural scenes here are unlike
anywhere in
Vietnam.
Transport
Ha
Giang Town is 320km from Hanoi. Ha Giang is on
National Highway No.2, 34, 279 linking to Yen
Bai, Cao Bang, Lao Cai provinces in turn.
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