Sapa Vietnam Located 38km from Lao Cai City hand 376km from Hanoi, Sapa is a mountainous district of Lao Cai Province, Viet Nam. Sapa District is very well-known with Sapa Townlet, a beautiful and romantic valleys, mountains, garden, villages, local people, local markets,...

It is most likely that SaPa was first inhabited by highland minorities of the Hmong and Dao groups, as well as by smaller numbers of Tay and Giay. These are the four main minority groups still present in Sapa district today. The Kinh (lowland Vietnamese) never originally colonised this highest of Viet Nam’s valleys, which lies in the shadow of Phan-Xi-Pǎng (Fansipan mountain peak: 3143 meters high), the highest peak in the Vietnam and indochina. Fansipan is above sea level and a vast area covered by thick forest, rich in wildlife. The town of Sapa lies at the attitude of about 1,600m. The climate is moderate, cool in summer, foggy and cold in winter with occasional snowfall. There are four seasons in Sapa each day.

Sapa Vietnam is home to a great diversity of ethnic minority people. It is likely that, Sapa  was first inhabited by highland minorities of H’mong and Yao group and later came the Tay, Zay, and a small number of Xa Pho to form the 5 main ethnic groups which takes about 85% of the district’s population today and a very small number of them live in Sapa town, most of them live in small villages and hamlets scattering in valleys and hamlets scattering in valleys and mountains.