Yên Bái Province
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Yên Bái Province Tỉnh Yên Bái |
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| Nickname(s): Tranquillity | |
 Location of Yên Bái within Vietnam |
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| Coordinates: 21°30′N 104°40′E / 21.500°N 104.667°ECoordinates: 21°30′N 104°40′E / 21.500°N 104.667°E | |
| Country |
 Vietnam
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| Region | Northeast |
| Capital | Yên Bái |
| Government | |
| • People's Committee Chair | Hoàng Xuân Lộc |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,899.5 km2 (2,663.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 750,200 |
| • Density | 109/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Kinh, Tày, Dao, H'Mông |
| Time zone | ICT (UTC+7) |
| Area codes | 216 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-06 |
| Website | www |
Yên Bái is an agricultural-based province located in Tây Bắc, the northern part of northern-central Vietnam. It shares borders with six provinces which are Hà Giang Province, Lào Cai Province, Lai Châu Province, Sơn La Province, Phú Thọ Province, and Tuyên Quang Province. The province covers an area of 6899.5 square kilometres and as of 2008 it had a population of 750,200 people.
Yên Bái's history is important under the French colony, particularly the subsequent "Yên Bái mutiny", an uprising of Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army on 10 February 1930 in collaboration with civilian supporters who were members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (VNQDD, the Vietnamese Nationalist Party).
Forestry and farming are the main economic stays of the province. Thác Bà Lake is a natural asset of the country along with its Thác Bà Hydroelectric Plant. Dong Cuong Festival is an important festival of the province.
The province's name derives from Sino-Vietnamese .
According to the General Statistics Office of the Government of Vietnam, the population of Yên Bái Province as on 2008 was 750,200 with a density of 109 persons per km2 over a total land area of 6,899.5 square kilometres (2,663.9 sq mi) of the province. The male population during this period was 372,000 with females accounting for 378,200.
There are many ethnic groups in Yên Bái Province. The Kinh people, who form the majority population of the country, settled here a long time ago and in unison with the local minority tribes established themselves in the region and developed cultivation practices. The Kinh people's ancestry is traced to the Hải Dương Pham Ba Luc for nine generations till date and a monument erected in 1937 in Doc village in Hong Commune is highly revered as an ancestral home.
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