Cốc Pài

Cốc Pài is a township (thị trấn) and capital of Xín Mần District, Hà Giang Province, Vietnam.^[1]

Cốc Pài Thị trấn Cốc Pài
Township (Class-5)
Cốc Pài township
Cốc Pài
Coordinates: 22°40′56″N 104°27′43″E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Northeast
Province	Hà Giang
District	Xín Mần
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

History

Its name Cốc Pài was originally formed from the wrong writing of the French tourist maps in the early 20th century, that is, the time when this township was not yet established but still a deserted valley. Meanwhile, it was called as Cốc Phẩy by local residents. This is a Hmong word but source from the Kinh language, a rare phenomenon in Annam or Vietnam before, because most of the residents here are descendants of the low-level merchants from the Red River Delta to settlement after French victory to the Qing Dynasty. It means Gốc Phay, or "the duabanga trees".

Geography