| Name | |
| Name: | Tỉnh Điện Biên |
| Meaning: | "frontier seat of government" |
| Geography | |
| Capital: | Dien Bien Phu |
| Region: | Northwest |
| Area: | 6,514km² |
| People | |
| Population: | 440,300 |
| Ethnicities: | Viet, Hmong, Dao, Thai |
| Location | |
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Dien Bien (in Vietnamese, Điện Biên) is a Province in North-west Vietnam.
Administration
The province was created in the beginning of 2004 by a split of the former Lai Chau Province into two new provinces: the new Lai Chau Province, incorporating all areas of the former province north of the Black River (or Da River), and Dien Bien province, incorporating all areas south of the Black River.
Administratively, Dien Bien is divided into six districts: Dien Bien, Dien Bien Dong, Muong Cha (formerly called Muong Lay), Muong Nhe, Tua Chua, Tuan Giao. The capital is Dien Bien Phu, made famous by the major battle once fought there.
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